Batted Ball

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Batter Drops His Bat Near Live Baseball

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Batter Interference, Video - Batter, Video - Interference
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What Happens When a Bat Snaps in Half and the Barrel Interferes with the Play?

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Video - Batter
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Batter Throws His Bat. What is the Rule?

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Video - Batter
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The Difference Between a Foul Ball and a Foul Tip

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter, Foul Territory, Video - Batter
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Batter Never Swings but Pitch Hits Bat and then Touches Him in the Batter’s Box

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter's Box, Video - Batter
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Batter Never Swings but Pitch Hits Bat and Rolls into Fair Territory

Topics: Batted Ball, Batter's Box, Fair Territory, Video - Batter
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When an Umpire in the Infield is Touched by a Batted Ball

Topics: Batted Ball, Umpire, Video - Batter, Video - Fielder
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When a ball off the wall is really a home run.

Topics: Base Awards, Batted Ball, Batter, Placing Runners, Replay Review, Uncategorized

Play #1 After review, Kipnis’ Home Run becomes a triple The Tigers and Indians played in Cleveland on Friday, June 21, 2019. In the bottom of the eighth, the Indians had a runner on first base and no outs when Jason Kipnis hit a ball that was originally ruled a home run by second base…

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Fan Catches Foul Ball, Fielder Steals Glove and is Awarded Catch!

Topics: Batted Ball, Dead Ball Area, Foul Territory, Spectator Interference

On June 7, 2019, the Angels and Mariners played in Anaheim. M’s right fielder Domingo Santana made a catch in which he ended-up with two gloves. Here is what happened. Jonathan Lucroy led off the bottom of the fifth facing Marco Gonzales and hit a fly ball down the right field line that was caught…

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Deflected Balls Go Into Dead Ball Territory

Topics: Batted Ball, Dead Ball Area, Foul Territory, Placing Runners, Placing Runners, Uncategorized

Deflected Balls That Go into Dead Ball Territory: Part I This is the first of a three-part series involving rules that relate to pitched, thrown and batted balls that are deflected into dead ball territory or remain in play.  In this edition, I’ll cover deflections that go into dead ball territory on throws from the…

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