NCAA assisting batter-runner after missing home plate.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

Am I correct that there is no penalty for team mates or coaches assiting a batter runner after she missed home plate on an out if the park home run?
I'm looking at 12-9.5 & 9-5.3

It isn't possible to assist a BR after touching the plate.

However, you are correct, the assist rule seems to only apply while the ball is in play and prior to scoring.

Have a coach lose a playoff game because of someone assisting a runner in this manner and you may see a change

[outathm]

Players cannot touch the Batter or anyone else until they score. Warning then an out.

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by outathm

Players cannot touch the Batter or anyone else until they score. Warning then an out.

Thank you anyway, but I was looking to confirm that there is no penalty AFTER she scores
(unlike ASA for instance).

[Manny A]

So, what happens when the ball is Live?

For example, R1 scores from third on a Sac Fly, but she misses home. The on-deck batter grabs her as she heads for the dugout and sends her back to home plate to touch it.

Is that a violation of 12.9.5? Or after having passed home, is she no longer considered as "actively running the bases"?

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Manny A

So, what happens when the ball is Live?

For example, R1 scores from third on a Sac Fly, but she misses home. The on-deck batter grabs her as she heads for the dugout and sends her back to home plate to touch it.

Is that a violation of 12.9.5? Or after having passed home, is she no longer considered as "actively running the bases"?

I remember it as physical assistance (pushing, holding, etc.) as an illegal assist; but anything verbal or signals is ok. Similar to base coaches.

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

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Have a coach lose a playoff game because of someone assisting a runner in this manner and you may see a change

No, for a change this happened to someone else....
My participation was merely after the fact conversation.
My first instinct would have been an out....
Then I made the mistake of reading the book and got hung up on "actively running" and a dead ball situation.