Ball hits bat or bat hits ball
Batter bunts ball straight down, ball comes straight up. Batter drops the bat and the ball and bat meet in the air in fair territory ? The BR is in the batters box. What is the call (all codes) ?
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If the bat is still in the batter's hands and batter in box, then dead ball foul.
I have an out in your sitch. |
OP Batter does not have the bat in her hands.
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The only person that saw the bat out of the hands was the PU. I agree with you, it is not an every game play, we have the ones that are clear to everyone on the ground. This one bothers me because it is a little different did the ball hit the bat? Or did the bat hit the ball ?
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However, never guess an out. |
The whole bat hits ball/ball hits bat idea is for when both are on the ground and rolling.
If the ball rolls away in the bat catches up to it and hits it, out. If the bat is laying still in the ball rolls into it, play on. If the bat is released and dropped, and the ball is bouncing up and meets it in midair, that'll be an out. |
Please give rule reference or Case Play.
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If the bat and the ball meet, as you say, in mid air, I can't see how you could have any choice but to rule that the bat was moving and as a result hit the ball.
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Even though it is impossible to call a batter out for interfering with a fair batted ball, the rule and exceptions are still effective. |
I thought this play was different and would have better input. It was so close and only one person in the world saw it, we called Dead ball Foul. It was the second batter of an elimination game at a National Tournament. Any thoughts are welcome.
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As long as the only person who saw it was PU, then you made the right call.
Especially in a National Tournament. |
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You guys cut the girl some slack if you clearly saw the bat out of her hands when it contacted the ball. While I agree with you that it's not something you see every day and that it happened so close that only one person could see it, it should have been an out. Sometimes the game is a matter of millimeters. |
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