Runner Hit by Ball

[greymule]

Hold on, Marty. In Fed baseball, as well as MLB, the base is no sanctuary whatsoever except on the infield fly, though Fed and MLB may differ in what constitutes "past a fielder" or some other aspects of the exceptions. In fact, one of this year's Fed situations (#13) caused a great deal of confusion and made everybody wonder just what their rule was. There was a long thread on this a couple of months ago.

In both Fed and ASA softball, the base IS a sanctuary. You're NOT out (unless you intentionally interfere). Then whether the ball is dead or not depends on where the fielders are.

But wait awhile. If Fed gets rid of the accidental force play, maybe they'll institute a hit-by-fair-batted-ball-but-not-out-if-in-contact-with-a-base rule so that we'll have another exception to remember.