Was I being an OOO?

PeteBooth · #1 (**permalink**) Wed May 19, 2010, 01:29pm

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Originally Posted by TwoBits

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District quarterfinals between fourth an fifth seeds, FED rules. Batter comes up to the plate with a bat with a noticeable rattle inside. Something inside the bat was sliding from the handles to the top of the barrel. I don't allow him to use it.

OOO?

Here is my question

Did you get an out?

If you told the player he cannot use the bat, then by definition the bat is illegal and according to FED rules when a batter enters the box with an illegal bat we get an out.

Pete Booth

TwoBits · #2 (**permalink**) Wed May 19, 2010, 01:50pm

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

Here is my question

Did you get an out?

If you told the player he cannot use the bat, then by definition the bat is illegal and according to FED rules when a batter enters the box with an illegal bat we get an out.

Pete Booth

No. Noticed the rattle before getting into the batter's box on this particular at-bat, so this was the first time I told him that I wouldn't allow it.