The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Baseball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Fri Mar 28, 2008, 06:45am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1
Intentionally dropped ball, or not?

Hi,

I'm new to this forum so I greet everybody.

This is a question from a test which caused a discussion between me and other umpires.

Here's the question:

R1 at first and one out. The batter attempts to bunt but the ball goes high for a short fly ball in fair territory in front of the home plate. F2 makes the catch and intentionally drops the ball. What happens?

a) Nothing, the ball is live and in play and the runners may advance at their risk.

b) The umpire calls "Time" and enforces the intentionally dropped ball rule. The batter is out and the runner returns at first.

I'm for answer b, cause rule 6.05 (l) doesn't exclude the bunt, but other umpires are for answer a cause they say this situation is like the infield fly, even if I can't found this on the rulebook.

P.S.
Sorry for my poor english.
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
OBR Intentionally Dropped Flyball Pete in AZ Baseball 12 Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:01pm
Intentionally Dropped Line Drive? dweezil24 Softball 6 Thu Jun 29, 2006 06:22pm
Intentionally Dropped Ball tobaccoroad14 Softball 6 Fri Jun 17, 2005 02:35pm
Intentionally Dropped Ball tzme415 Softball 13 Sat May 21, 2005 08:27am
Infield fly vs. an intentionally dropped ball tkrochta Softball 19 Tue May 25, 2004 08:40pm


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:02pm.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1