2003 FED rule changes

[greymule]

We went through all this earlier this year, and there seemed to be no general agreement on the definition of "continuing action." For example, most posters believed that R1, starting at 1B and missing 2B on his way to 3B after B1 hit a single, would be called out if he is standing on 3B and F4, with play stopped, kicks some dirt off 2B as he walks the ball toward the mound.

Others felt that it wasn't even clear that intentional walks or pick-off attempts—even if successful—turned the "continuing action" switch off for the accidental appeal.

The consensus was that Fed would do away with the rule for next year, but they didn't. The Fed interpreter for NJ felt that the catcher handing B1 the ball after an inside-the-park home run would indeed result in an out if B1 had missed first.

My post was intended to be light. No one has to invent Fed rules to bash.