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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 10:55am
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Catcher forgets number of outs
How would you rule on this hypothetical situation?
Runner at second base with one out. Batter hits a fly ball near home plate. The catcher makes the catch near her team's bench area for the second out of the inning. Mistakenly thinking it is the third out of the inning, she heads to the bench while carrying the ball. As soon as she enters the dugout with the ball, the umpires call time. Would this be considered intentionally carrying a ball out of play, or would it be unintentional? This decision affects the the awarding of bases to the runner who was on second base, of course. (I believe the baseball rule book says that if a fielder loses track of the number of outs and carries or throws the ball out of play, it is still deemed to be unintentional. The softball rule book in Canada does not address this.) 
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 11:05am
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Without researching this, I would rule this unintentional. The intent of the intentional
 carry rule is to prevent the defense from stopping a runner's advance by carrying the ball out of play. Note that intentionally carrying the ball into the dugout to tag a runner is conisdered "unintentional" for ruling purposes.
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 11:59am
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One base, catch and carry. Not the two base award for intentionally carrying the ball out of play.
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 01:22pm
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Long time reader, first time writer. I 've received a lot of great advice here as well as some chuckles. John, there's a case in the SCA casebook where the catcher follows a runner into his dugout to tag him for missing home plate. SCA rules it unintentionally carrying the ball into dead ball territory. Rule 8-#183 in the casebook. Once again the advice offered by other posters is sound.., I just thought you'd like to know that the casebook reference confirms that SCA agrees with the other rulesets on this one.
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 02:56pm
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The intent of the additional base for an intentional carry is to prevent deception by the fielder to stop a runner's progress. But the usual application of unintentional is a carry resulting from momentum or the above tagging a runner who is in DBT.
I agree with the above "rulings" as long as you are comfortable with the fielder's intent or lack of it. Personally, I would make the rule such that a intentional carry to stop a runner is a live ball, with the runner protected for at least two bases. 
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 02:59pm
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 03:40pm
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Officiating takes more than OJT. It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be. Last edited by CecilOne; Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 04:14pm.
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Fri Jul 21, 2006, 04:27pm
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Thanks for the input. That's what I would have ruled.
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