un dead ball

[CecilOne]

As long as we are discussing "uns", what about this?
1) Batted ball to RF corner, appears to bounce past end of fence to dead ball territory. Dead ball called. Offense says it stayed in play. Ump checks and the spot he saw was in play, so should not have been dead.

2) As above, but fielder picks up ball and starts to throw it in, then drops it when DC yells to leave it alone.

It seems nothing can be done to correct either case, but what do you think?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

As long as we are discussing "uns", what about this?
1) Batted ball to RF corner, appears to bounce past end of fence to dead ball territory. Dead ball called. Offense says it stayed in play. Ump checks and the spot he saw was in play, so should not have been dead.

2) As above, but fielder picks up ball and starts to throw it in, then drops it when DC yells to leave it alone.

It seems nothing can be done to correct either case, but what do you think?

I think you prematurely ruled a dead ball and you are stuck with it.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I think you prematurely ruled a dead ball and you are stuck with it.

Pretty much what I told my partner.

[youngump]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I think you prematurely ruled a dead ball and you are stuck with it.

But stuck with it how? Is it a ground rule double or an inadvertent call of time or an award bases as appropriate situation?

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by youngump

But stuck with it how? Is it a ground rule double or an inadvertent call of time or an award bases as appropriate situation?

Two base award for batter and any runners.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Whenever we have a situation where a ball could become tangled or go through a fence, dense brush growing through a fence, past the fence into DBT, etc., we tell coaches to keep the runners going.

If we see fielders going after the ball, we let it play out (unless an obvious DB like a bounce over a fence or clearly through a gap in the fencing).

We can always send runners back if need be, but we can't send them forward (absent OBS).

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Whenever we have a situation where a ball could become tangled or go through a fence, dense brush growing through a fence, past the fence into DBT, etc., we tell coaches to keep the runners going.

If we see fielders going after the ball, we let it play out (unless an obvious DB like a bounce over a fence or clearly through a gap in the fencing).

We can always send runners back if need be, but we can't send them forward (absent OBS).

I don't coach the players, but the rest is on target.