Stealing Home...

Or...what if you get such a good jump, the pitch hits the runner? MMWS??????

The batter has the right to hit the ball, and doesn't have any responsibility to get out of the way in most cases. If the umpire judged that there was time for the batter to move, then they could call interference. However, in most instances of a runner stealing home there is not enough time. Yes, the runner could go through the legs of the batter. I know one college coach who use to teach it that way.

If I can recall those dadgum high school rules.....If a runner is hit by pitch, then it's an immediate dead ball, all runners advance one base, run scores......unless it was the 3rd strike for the 3rd out. I think that's right, but high school rules seem to change almost yearly and a lot of the times they are just plain screwy.

I'll wait for corrections.

The batter does not have to move, but he cannot intentionally get in the way either.

In fact, the play happens so fast the batter could not be expected to get out of the way...ezpecially if he is swinging (gulp).

Robert, I am pretty sure the ball is "live" on yours just as if it was an errant throw. The rules state the ball is dead when it hits the batter.

I would think the pitch is a ball and the run scores.

Of course, I have been wrong before.

From my sources.......the ball is dead when a pitch hits a batter OR a runner. If the pitch is in the strike zone when it hits either, it is a dead ball strike.

Here is what I got:

6.05(n) - A batter is out when, with two out, a runner on third base, and two strikes on the batter, the runner attempts to steal home base on a legal pitch and the ball touches the runner in the batter's strike zone. The umpire shall call "Strike Three," the batter is out and the run shall not count; before two are out, the umpire shall call "Strike Three," the ball is dead, and the run counts.

So we have a dead ball strike, regardless. Just depends on which strike it is and how many outs.

TXB, I'm assuming that is a quote from ORB, right?

Sorry, OBR (Official Baseball Rules)

DANG IT! It would a dead ball strike IF IT WAS A STRIKE to begin with.

High school rules --- If strike 3, less than 2 outs, run scores and all runners would advance one base. If strike 3, and that strike 3 would be the 3rd out of the inning, no one scores.

HS rules are too confusing.