Running Lane

[chapmaja]

In reading these reply's I see a lot of people talking about the running lane as if the OP says she was hit with a throw. I don't read that in the OP. I read the OP as if she is hit with a batter ball (bunt down the line).

At that point we need to look at where the ball it her. If it has hit her in fair territory we have a potential for an out for interference. We also have the potential for nothing depending on the circumstances of the play.

I have witnessed a play where the batter bunted down the first base line. The bunt got by the first baseman charging in, but due to spin on the bunt, came over and hit the runner. In this case, if no fielder had an opportunity to make a play, and the ball hit the runner in fair territory, we have a fair ball and nothing more (the ball passed a fielder and nobody else had an opportunity to make a play). In the play I saw the ball actually hit her in foul territory and was untouched, so it was a foul ball.

[jmkupka]

good point... however, when I resurrected this (2007) thread last week, I was going on the assumption there was a throw from HP area.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

good point... however, when I resurrected this (2007) thread last week, I was going on the assumption there was a throw from HP area.

That assumption is irrelevant to the rule.