Stepping On the Plate

[Spence]

OBR 6.06 A says a batter is out if his foot is on the ground completely out of the box when he hits the ball.

1. I assume then that a player's foot can be touching home plate when he hits/bunts the ball but he not be called out if part of the foot is still in the box. In other words, simply touching home plate with your foot is not all that is required to be called out, correct?

2. Does FED use the same rule?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Spence

OBR 6.06 A says a batter is out if his foot is on the ground completely out of the box when he hits the ball.

1. I assume then that a player's foot can be touching home plate when he hits/bunts the ball but he not be called out if part of the foot is still in the box. In other words, simply touching home plate with your foot is not all that is required to be called out, correct?

2. Does FED use the same rule?

1. Yes.

2. No.

[Spence]

Originally Posted by mbyron

1. Yes.

2. No.

Thanks. How does the FED rule differ?

[UmpTTS43]

In FED, if any part of the batters foot or knee touches the plate, and he makes contact with the ball with the bat, he is declared out.

[ManInBlue]

FED rule says he's out if his foot is entirely out of the box OR touching the plate.

OBR his foot has to be completely out of the box

[JR12]

Don't forget, the rule now covers a knee touching the plate.....lol

[UMP25]

NCAA also says if foot touches the plate he's out.

The box is 6" away from the plate (4" in L.L.). Consequently, it's conceivable that a batter can be touching the plate and have that same foot still partially inside the box. Under OBR, this is OK.

[thealterupmire]

Originally Posted by JR12

Don't forget, the rule now covers a knee touching the plate.....lol

That's right. The foot or the knee on home plate and striking the ball with the bat = OUT. Now...since the FED is very specific here I assume batters are NOT out when striking the ball when any other part of their body is touching the plate. Example? Say only the shin is on the plate with the knee on the dirt and the foot still on the ground in the box.

Better yet - realistically (sort of) - batter bunts the ball while his knuckles are on home plate.

What is the intent of this rule really?

[mbyron]

Great. A new troll, and one that can't spell.

Shoo!

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by thealterupmire

That's right. The foot or the knee on home plate and striking the ball with the bat = OUT. Now...since the FED is very specific here I assume batters are NOT out when striking the ball when any other part of their body is touching the plate. Example? Say only the shin is on the plate with the knee on the dirt and the foot still on the ground in the box.

Better yet - realistically (sort of) - batter bunts the ball while his knuckles are on home plate.

What is the intent of this rule really?

Actually NFHS took a survey of the number of times this was discussed on the internet and decided that if they juiced up the rule by adding "the knee,"this would be a more controversry topic. Therefore all the trollbirds got together and actully voted to add this to the rule. More people would discuss it and hopefull call it moree often.

Oh, I think the knuckle rule is covered in the supplemental rule section 12.1.4-a, second paragraph from the bottom of the page. Its intent is fully explained.

[thealterupmire]

Not trolling. I'm just saying...

The book says no knee, no foot. Is this not a detraction from the foundation rule-set? It is. So...why add the knee and not the rest of the body? I'm just saying...

Seems like another FED safety/micro-interference rule intended to prevent batters from stepping into the path of the pitch or interfering with the catcher.

I read 12.1.4-a, second paragraph from the bottom of the page. It says nothing about the intent of that rule. All it says is eject the know-it-all's casting personal insults whenever possible.

[bniu]

basically FED and NCAA follow the softball rule where the batter is out if their foot is touching home plate when they hit a ball. I guess maybe an effort to make FED Baseball and Softball as common as possible...