3rd Strike In The Dirt

[Cub42]

Runners at first and third and nobody out. Batter is out, he can not advance as first base is occupied. You make no call as you have nothing on the batter, because he is already out. I would suggest that the PU use the mechanic verbally announcing " Batter is out" preventing the chaos that is about to ensue

[bob jenkins]

FED 2005 Case book, case 8.4.1K (play as in the OP). RULING: As soon as B2 starts to run to first, the umpire shall forcefully announce that B2 is out. The ball remains alive. It is the responsibility of the defense to know the conditions that warrant the necessity of a play being made.

imo: There's a difference between announcing the status of the ball / runner / etc. (not coaching) and telling either team waht to do with that information (throw the ball (or not), run (or not), etc. (this is coaching).

[dash_riprock]

Bob - any idea why was this removed from the Case Book for the 2006 edition? I don't have CBs going back that far.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Bob - any idea why was this removed from the Case Book for the 2006 edition? I don't have CBs going back that far.

No idea. There's frequently a debate on what it means when an interp is published, but doesn't make it to the case book, or when a case is removed (absent a rules change, of course) -- is the case / interp no linger valid or is it just because of space considerations?