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Dodge ball rules?

jjinmojjinmo10+ posts
This actually happened in HS game. Bases loaded 1 out. Batter hits a dinker back to pitcher. Pitcher throws home for the force at home. Catcher then trys to throw to first but the ball hits the batter running to first in the back of his legs while running straight down the line to first.
In the mean time, runner from second scores.

Umpire called the runner out at first for getting hit by the ball thrown by the catcher and run does not count,inning over. Sounds like dodgeball rules to me, is this crazy or what!
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coach2709coach270910,000+ posts
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Originally posted by Jimmy03:
If the runner was past the 45 foot mark and had at least one foot out of the running lane it was the correct call.


This is what I was referring to when I posted what I did. As for your second post in what ways could someone violate the running lane in foul territory? I understand what you're saying but not really picturing any plays that would violate it.
Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
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Originally posted by jjinmo:
He was running right down the line, still about 10 feet from first base.


Ten feet away puts him in the second half of the distance from home and requires he be in the running lande if there is a throw.

It is next to impossible to run with both feet staying exactly on the the foul line. Most likely his left foot was landing to the left of the line. That puts him in violation of the running lane and, if he is hit by the catcher's throw, he is out.
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Jimmy03Jimmy031,000+ posts
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Originally posted by coach2709:
quote:
Originally posted by Jimmy03:
If the runner was past the 45 foot mark and had at least one foot out of the running lane it was the correct call.


This is what I was referring to when I posted what I did. As for your second post in what ways could someone violate the running lane in foul territory? I understand what you're saying but not really picturing any plays that would violate it.


The running lane as boundaries to the left (the baseline, and to the right. If the B/R is out of the running lane to in foul territory and is plunked, he's just as out as if he were in fair territory.

Although it's unlikely, it can happen, especially in school ball, that the catcher fields a ball right at home and and fires it to the right of the bag.

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