accidental force play

[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by greymule

Don't bet on it. We got a ruling from Fed last year to the effect that only a pitch nullifies an appeal. Not a pickoff, not an intentional walk.

That was the ruling LAST year. This year the ruling has changed to include an intentional base on balls.

The Live Ball appeal is virtually the same as OBR except in 2 cases.

1. The Offense initiates the play. ie; R1. B1 singles and R1 missess second on route to third base. B1 seeing his teammate miss second starts walking towards second in hopes that F1 will play on him. F1 proceeds to make a play. Can the defense appeal.

In FED, the answer is YES becasue the offense initiated a play.

2. F1 attempts an appeal of R1 now on third base but throws the ball into DBT. Can the defense still appeal.

In FED the answer is yes. In OBR NO.

Grey you have been away from FED too long. There are a number of changes this year that were not there last year. If you are still interested in the FED rule changes visit the NFHS website where they have a listing of all the rule changes.

Pete Booth