Originally Posted by Dholloway1962 (Post 587037)

You sure want to stick with the part I highlighted above? I believe it would be a strike :D

Originally Posted by greymule (Post 587059)

I think it is the culture shock from Yankee to Damn Yankee

You mean just because I told a couple of good ol' boys that the insensitive display of the stars & bars on their pickup truck would never do in Greenwich or Scarsdale?

Originally Posted by marvin (Post 587086)

In high school when the batter hits a foul ball the rule simply does not apply. The last action in the game was not a pitch, it was a batted ball. The NFHS rule states after each pitch. If the foul ball is a continuation of the pitch (the rule still applies) and you apply that strictly then a foul ball retrieved by any other player would have to be returned to the catcher to be returned to the pitcher.

Can't you hear the coach, "I don't care if the right fielder retrieved that foul ball - the rule book says that after each pitch the CATCHER shall return the ball to the pitcher."

Real simple answer, "Coach the fielder was not returning a pitched ball to the pitcher, she was returning a batted ball." This is the same answer I would give in the situation where the catcher dives for a foul ball and then tosses it to another player.

NFHS rule 2-2-2 defines a batted ball, I am saying it is no longer a pitch once it becomes a batted ball.

Originally Posted by marvin (Post 587086)

In high school when the batter hits a foul ball the rule simply does not apply. The last action in the game was not a pitch, it was a batted ball. The NFHS rule states after each pitch. If the foul ball is a continuation of the pitch (the rule still applies) and you apply that strictly then a foul ball retrieved by any other player would have to be returned to the catcher to be returned to the pitcher.

Can't you hear the coach, "I don't care if the right fielder retrieved that foul ball - the rule book says that after each pitch the CATCHER shall return the ball to the pitcher."

Real simple answer, "Coach the fielder was not returning a pitched ball to the pitcher, she was returning a batted ball." This is the same answer I would give in the situation where the catcher dives for a foul ball and then tosses it to another player.

NFHS rule 2-2-2 defines a batted ball, I am saying it is no longer a pitch once it becomes a batted ball.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 587092)

Time to have fun. If the catcher retrieves the ball that was fouled off, isn't that after the pitch?

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 587092)

What about a wild pitch the catcher chases down the fence along the 1B side of the infield and flips to F3 who was also chasing the ball because she is between the catcher and pitcher? Is that a pitched ball after a pitch? :D

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu (Post 587110)

NFHS case book 6.3.2 Situation C: The bases are empty and the batter has a count of no balls and one strike. On the next pitch, the batter hits a foul ball which the catcher retrieves and throws to third base. RULING: A ball is awarded to the batter and the count becomes one ball and two strikes.

Ted

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 587072)

Like anyone in Greenwich or Scarsdale would even know what the Stars & Bars is!

Originally Posted by wadeintothem (Post 587215)

Hmm.. that 2nd one wouldnt look quite as good on some idiots 1978 Ford F150 bumper. No wonder it quite never caught on.