Ball contacts runner, defense shorthanded

[MrRabbit]

[QUOTE=SethPDX;619591]But this is not a case in which we ask ourselves either of those last two questions. This is a rule that is spelled out clearly for us as written, so we call the play as directed by the rule.


SethPDX

You do need to address these questions...

You need to look at R/S 44 section B....

While Not in Contact With a Base. A runner who is hit by a fair batted ball while not in contact with a base should be call out or ruled safe, depending on the interference rule.

(Rule 8, section 7 J & K or rule 8, section 8 D-F.


Again I ask who did the batter / Runner interfere with if there was not a player / players there to field the ball ?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by MrRabbit

SethPDX

You do need to address these questions...

You need to look at R/S 44 section B....

While Not in Contact With a Base. A runner who is hit by a fair batted ball while not in contact with a base should be call out or ruled safe, depending on the interference rule.

(Rule 8, section 7 J & K or rule 8, section 8 D-F.


Again I ask who did the batter / Runner interfere with if there was not a player / players there to field the ball ?

SethPDX more than adequately answered the issue. I'm not trying to sound like a smartass, but I'll ask if you went back and read those rules? Nowhere does it say that a runner can be safe if they're hit by a fair batted ball that hasn't yet passed an infielder (excluding the pitcher, of course).