by Battle » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:52 pm
Comp wrote:Battle wrote:Comp wrote:There have been several occasions I have had runners hit by batted balls after passing a fielder and I have had no call to make.
If you approach the umpire to question the call, you need to ask your questions in a way to find out if they are missapplying a rule. If they are calling the runner out simply because they were hit then the are not using the correct rule and you have a protestable situation.
Well with the situation with the OP, there is always F9...Poleeease!
It is not out of the question on a hard enough hit ball. Over the past weekends tournament I worked I had I believe 5 attempted put outs at 1st on balls hit to F9, and 2 of them were successful.
That's true. Witnessed it myself several times but C'mon. That is always the fail-safe for the call when determined F4 could never have gotten to it even though it's the original response from the umps. F9 would have to be playing shallow for the most part in upper level play. F9 could be playing the fence and the offense will very seldom get that call if ever.
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