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Originally Posted by JefferMC
Yes, and (as always) getting an education.
So... the runner is out by being touched by an undeflected batted ball.
If the ball gets deflected by the pitcher, and then touches a runner, the runner still may be out, but only if that touch could be considered interference, because it kept a fielder from making a play on the ball.
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Not quite. The runner can be called out for being hit by a deflected ball that another fielder may have had a play on ONLY if, in the umpire's judgment, the runner could have avoided the ball.
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Mon Jun 11, 2007, 12:40pm
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