Batted Ball

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Obstruction? Interference? Nothing? You make the call!

Topics: Baseline, Batted Ball, Deflected Ball, Fielding, Interference, Obstruction, Official Baseball Rules, Placing Runners, Runner Interference, Umpire Manual Rules, Video - Fielder, Video - Runner
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December 12, 2019 Baseline Batted Ball Deflected Ball Fielding Interference Obstruction Official Baseball Rules Placing Runners Runner Interference Umpire Manual Rules Video - Fielder Video - Runner
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Runner Hit By Batted Ball – Not always Out!

Topics: Batted Ball, Deflected Ball, Interference, Runner Interference, Runners, Umpire Manual Rules, Video - Runner
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December 12, 2019 Batted Ball Deflected Ball Interference Runner Interference Runners Umpire Manual Rules Video - Runner
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Does the 1B Obstruct the Runner in this play?

Topics: Batted Ball, Fielding, Obstruction, Runners, Video - Fielder, Video - Runner
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December 8, 2019 Batted Ball Fielding Obstruction Runners Video - Fielder Video - Runner
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This is Obstruction on the 1B, But Since it Has No Bearing on the Play, the Out Stands

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter Runner, Fielding, Obstruction, Video - Fielder, Video - Runner
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December 8, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Runner Fielding Obstruction Video - Fielder Video - Runner
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Rope

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Video - Batter
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December 2, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Video - Batter
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Detached Equipment Rule: C atcher Uses His Facemask to Scoop Batted Ball

Topics: Base Awards, Batted Ball
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December 2, 2019 Base Awards Batted Ball
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Batter Drops Bat in Foul Territory and the Ball Rolls into the Bat then Rolls Fair

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Foul Territory, Video - Batter
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November 26, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Foul Territory Video - Batter
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Batter Drops Bat, Ball Rolls into the Bat then Trickles into Foul Territory

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Fair Territory, Foul Territory, Video - Batter
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November 26, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Fair Territory Foul Territory Video - Batter
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Batter Drops His Bat and the Ball then Rolls into the Bat.

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Fair Territory, Foul Territory, Video - Batter
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November 26, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Fair Territory Foul Territory Video - Batter
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Batter Unintentionally Drops His Bat on a Live Ball

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Fair Territory, Video - Batter
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November 26, 2019 Batted Ball Batter Fair Territory Video - Batter

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