Who Bats Next Inning? (FED)

[Big Slick]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Oops; missed the part about FED rules. And with my state being in FED softball season, you would think I would be paying better attention.

Big Slick is absolutely correct; I gave the ASA answer. In ASA, B5 would bat next.

The FED answer is, again, different. 7-4-12 makes clear that the batter B4 is not out when a runner R3 interferes with a foul fly, just the runner. So, it is a dead ball, foul ball, and the B4's at-bat has not ended. With R3 making the 3rd out, same batter B4 starts the next inning.

I like the correction made by ASA on this one; seems a fairer result, to me. I could see this being done intentionally, as a strategic option, to keep a more dangerous batter up (with less than two outs), up to start the next inning, or to keep a better runner placed at 2nd if the next inning is to be a tiebreaker inning.

Since you work multiple leagues, make sure you explain this difference in these rule sets when ever this play happens. It will build your credibility

[argodad]

Originally Posted by Big Slick

Since you work multiple leagues, make sure you explain this difference in these rule sets when ever this play happens. It will build your credibility

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by Big Slick

Since you work multiple leagues, make sure you explain this difference in these rule sets when ever this play happens. It will build your credibility

For a minute I thought the ingore feature was broken.