BOO and placing runner(s)

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Originally Posted by youngump

I agree with your ruling, but I'm questioning your logic a little bit. Consider that the batter may have swung at a pitch to help the runner get to second. I think your ruling is more in the spirit of all such violations which is that a pitch legalizes everything that happened before it.

And who is to say that the batter who was supposed to bat wouldn't have done the same? OTOH, an out executed during any infraction isn't a presumption, but an event that actually occurred and earned by the offended team.

And if you think about it, there is no violation until protested, so presuming anything would be different is an unsubstantiated guess, at best.