ASA 8-2-F

[DaveASA/FED]

ok a post below made me look this up, and I am worried about the literal wording in the book. We have had quite spirited discussions about these types of plays where the ball bounces off a fielder into a batter-runner.

ASA 8-2-F states in part ...makes contact with a fair batted ball before reaching first base..... There are no stipulations about being deflected or anything else just you touch a fair batted ball prior to reaching first you are out. I looked at the definations to see if there was a time when it became a deflected ball, but no def. for deflected ball, just that a batted ball is any that has hit a bat! So what am I missing or is it just that simple for the batter-runner they are out anytime you touch the ball prior to reaching 1st base reguardless of whether it is deflected or not.

Thanks in advance