Stolen from eteamz

[Dukat]

I sent it in to my assignor and he sent it in and got this response:

>To: Craig Cress
>Subject: fast-pitch rule

>fast pitch question: runners on 1st and 3rd, no outs, no count on batter-
>a pitched ball hits the ground in front of home plate, bounces up and hits >the catcher in the shin guard, bounces off the shin guard, bounces up and >hits the batters bat, while this is happening the runner from 1st
>base is stealing second base. is this a no call, a dead ball and send runner >back to 1st or is it batters interference?

I have spoken with Kevin and our interpretation based on the information
given to us by you is that we play on. We would not penalize the
Offensive team in this case because the ball got to the bat by 2 actions
of the defensive team - the pitcher bouncing the pitch and the catcher
having it go off her shin guard versus blocking and controlling.
So we would have a 'no call' based on the information given to us.


Respectfully,

Craig Cress
Director of Membership Services
ASA/USA Softball
2801 N.E. 50th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
(405) 425-3441