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Throw Bat on HR

R RFrong10+ posts
Multi-Part 'How Do I Score It Question':

In all three of the following scenerios, a thrown bat warning was already given, and in the subsequent thrown bat struck the umpire (would that make a difference?).

Scenerio #1
Batter hits into the gap...throws bat...reaches 2nd safely. It's my understanding he is credited with a double, but after the ball is dead he is called out. Is that Interference?

Scenerio #2
Runners on base...Batter hits into a deep corner (throws bat) for an in-the-park HR. An (unsure) ump told me that he would likely call it this way: baserunners are safe at home. After the play is dead...batter would be sent back to 3rd and called out. He is credited with a triple (not a home run).
Is this correct?

Scenerio #3
No runners on base. Batter clears the fence in dead center (throws bat). That same Ump told me he would immediately call a dead ball and batter is out.
Is that correct?


Scenerio #1 actually occurred. #2 & #3 were hypotheticals.

Thanks,
Randy
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J jfsbndr10+ posts
It might make a difference to the ump if he were hit

I will defer to the opinion of others more wise than I but this is how I see it. First of all a bat that is thrown may posses a danger to the other players, coaches and possibly fans. Normally you will never see this called in anything but a little league game where saftey is a huge issue.

That said, when an umpire issues a warning, any similar situation in the umpire's opinion would be an immediate deadball (if the umpire calls it. If he says nothing then there is no issue and things proceed as normal). Batter out for offensive interference. Everybody on base remains where they were with the exception of a walk where the runners would be allowed to advance one base.

Think I got it right.
F 3FingeredGlove1,000+ posts
The NFHS Casebook covers this:
PLAYER THROWS A BAT
3.3.1 SITUATION P: After hitting a line drive toward F5, B1 releases the bat, which strikes F2 or the umpire. The act was judged by the umpire to be (a) intentional or (b) unintentional. RULING: In (a) and (b), this is a delayed dead-ball situation. In (a), the offender will be ejected from the game. If his fair hit ball is a base hit, he will be replaced with a substitute runner. In (b), the umpire will warn the coach of that player’s team that the next player on that team to violate the rule shall be ejected from the game.

So it is a delayed dead ball, which means that the result of the play stands. Nobody is called out, but a player may be ejected after action has stopped.

For scoring, if this is handled properly by the umpire, of course it is scored according to the result of the play. If the umpire calls an out, you'll have to make something up.....
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