I called it dead.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

Here is the sitch. Runner on 1B. F3 is playing about halfway down the line, towards homeplate. Batter cracks a screaming one hopper. ball goes by F3 strikes the runner. I am the PU. I call dead ball. No thought put into it, just pure reaction. F4 definetly had a play on the ball. F4 had been cheating towards 1B attempting a pick-off,again.

So my thinking is not my dead ball to call-should have left that to BU. He didn't say I did anything wrong but I still think i should have left ths one alone. We did call runner out for interference. I am pretty sure we got that right.

Any comments,feedback ????

Speaking ASA

Of course, we are assuming the runner was off the base or you wouldn't have killed the ball.

Another fielder having a play is irrelevant. One of the umpires must determine if F4 would have retired a runner or BR if the ball did not hit the runner. If so, then the runner is out and the BR is awarded 1B.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Speaking ASA

Of course, we are assuming the runner was off the base or you wouldn't have killed the ball.

Another fielder having a play is irrelevant. One of the umpires must determine if F4 would have retired a runner or BR if the ball did not hit the runner. If so, then the runner is out and the BR is awarded 1B.

This is one of those dependent on which rule book and how you interpret "chance" to make a play or an out.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

This is one of those dependent on which rule book and how you interpret "chance" to make a play or an out.

And, to this point, I am the only one to note a particular set of rules.