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| July 20, 2020 jgoff5113 Men's 60 66 posts | Kicking the ball to a teammate legal? Situation: Batted ball bounces off the pitcher and is rolling away from him and toward his 1st baseman. The pitcher deliberately kicks the ball the ball over to his 1st baseman who picks it up in time for the out. Is this a legal play? Or should the batter be called safe? |
| July 20, 2020 bkb555 301 posts | sounds like a heads up call to me...i say out |
| July 20, 2020 DieselDan Men's 75 600 posts | It's been legal in our games where it's happen. Heads up play. |
| July 20, 2020 DaveDowell Men's 70 4312 posts | jgoff5113 ... Nothing in our rulebook prohibits the type of "assist" on that put out ... There are implications if a defender kicks a ball into "dead ball territory", but the play you describe is legal ... As an umpire, I agree with bkb555 and the "other" DD and have an "OUT" ... |
| July 20, 2020 jgoff5113 Men's 60 66 posts | Once again, thanks DD's and bkb555. You guys are the experts! |
| July 21, 2020 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | A little deviation of the play. Pitcher catches a hard hit liner that lodges in their webbing and can't get it out. Can the pitcher throw the glove to the base with the ball still lodged in the webbing to record an out. |
| July 21, 2020 bkb555 301 posts | i saw it happen in a pro baseball game and the guy was called out...i recently had a play where a ball was hit to 2B and the fielder grabbed the ball with his bare hand and tagged the bag with his glove...ump called him out which is correct on a force play but on a tag play, the ball has to be in the hand that tags the runner |
| July 21, 2020 jgoff5113 Men's 60 66 posts | Very interesting, bkb555. I assume that in the opposite scenario where the ball is on the infielder's glove and he touches the base with his other (bare) hand, the correct call would also be "out" (assuming it's a force play). Same principal that allows the much more typical play of the infielder having the ball in either hand and touching the bag with either foot. As long as the ball is in either hand and under control, touching the bag with any part of the body on a force play results in an out. |
