Pitched ball bounces over backstop.

[shipwreck]

NCAA says "time of pitch"

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by shipwreck

NCAA says "time of pitch"

ASA & NFHS is one base. If ball 4, BR awarded only 1B

[josephrt1]

ASA says one base, but it does not state from what time point. For a thrown ball it clearly states 2 bases from runner's position at time ball left fielders hand and for loss of possession it says 1 base from time ball went out of play. But for pitched ball I don't see a starting point defined. Just an observation. I have always gone with 1 base from position at start of the pitch.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by josephrt1

asa says one base, but it does not state from what time point. For a thrown ball it clearly states 2 bases from runner's position at time ball left fielders hand and for loss of possession it says 1 base from time ball went out of play. But for pitched ball i don't see a starting point defined. Just an observation. I have always gone with 1 base from position at start of the pitch.

rs #38.

[josephrt1]

Thanks for the help. I missed that.

[3afan]

Originally Posted by josephrt1

Thanks for the help. I missed that.

the good thing is you'll never miss that one again!

[Umpire@1]

Originally Posted by josephrt1

ASA says one base, but it does not state from what time point. For a thrown ball it clearly states 2 bases from runner's position at time ball left fielders hand and for loss of possession it says 1 base from time ball went out of play. But for pitched ball I don't see a starting point defined. Just an observation. I have always gone with 1 base from position at start of the pitch.

All runners would be on base at time of start of pitch. So it would be a known fact. So why would they have to state that in the rule book?

[josephrt1]

First of all, in the original situation the batter was at bat, not on base. What was being questioned was the statement about where the award originated for other runners; from the time of the pitch or from the time the ball went out of play. IRISHMAFIA pointed out that the answer was in the rule supplement #38. For a thrown ball or a loss of possession that go out of play, the details were included in the rule itself, but for a blocked ball on a pitch, the originating point for the award was defined back in the supplement and i missed it.