Tagged With "obstruction"

I tend to insist there are 7 ways for a batter to reach 1st base (hit, walk, error, fielders choice, hit-by-pitch, dropped 3rd, obstruction). A buddy of mine showed me a list of " 23 ways to reach 1st base " and at first I said that all of them are one of the seven. But suppose a spectator rushes onto the field just as a batter hits the ball for what would be a single, and plows into the batter-runner, knocking him down. Of course, immediate dead ball (5-2-1-c) and the umpire can place him...

I was curious and pulled out my NFHS rule book. My interpretation is to score it as a hit based on rule 9-4-2. A. It's a fair hit and doesn't meet any of the exceptions listed And because B and C do not come into play here. Thinking logically, the batter did not reach on an error (in other words would have been a put out) so he should get credited with a hit. In this year's book on page 68 it further defines spectator interference as any impedence to the game and in the base awards table...

So that leads to a different question - if a spectator runs onto the field at the batter-runner, and the B-R lowers his shoulder and maliciously takes out the spectator, is that malicious contact or just another "clean hit".

If the batter-runner gets hit en route to 1b, gotta score it a hit If he knocks the assailant out cold give him a 10, perfect score.

Really short answer - who cares.... Invoke 4-3 via 10-2-3(e) and leave. Let the state association handle sorting out what happens next. I'm still trying to picture the parent / spectator that's fast (stupid) enough to accomplish running onto the field and into the BR path. How many world class sprinters (or perhaps professional defensive linemen in the NFL) spend their afternoon / evenings at a HS baseball field (and would do such a thing). Unrelated, but if you've been to your child's HS or...

(note, this is NFHS rules not OBR) From my "interpretation", an error is charged whenever a fielder's misplay prolongs an AB (9-5-5). Therefore, the fielder IS charged with an error. However, 9-3-2 which defines a base hit being credited only calls out: "A base hit is credited to a batter when the batter advances to first base safely: (a) because of the batter's fair hit (rather than because of a fielder's error)." For the pitcher, 9-6-3 would call it out as unearned because if you walk it...

Since folks are talking scoring - how would this get scored batter, fielder, and pitcher.... 1st batter up...hits foul pop-up...1B parks underneath and proceeds to drop the ball. Next pitch batter hits one out for a home run. I have heard how it should be scored but have zero official knowledge so asking to confirm (I use it as a trivia question).