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Intentional Droped Fly Ball

2016/7/15 17:04:17


Question
Men's D league slow-pitch softball.  1 out, runner on first base.  Batter hits a pop-up to 2nd baseman who lets ball fall then picks up to throw to SS covering 2nd base for first out.  SS throws to first base (beats batter) for 2nd out.  2nd base umpire calls the batter out but not the runner going from first to second saying that because the ball was dropped intentionally, the runner going from first to second base is not out and goes back to first base.  Is this correct?

Answer
Hi Ty,

Some orgs have different definitions of an intentionally dropped ball.  In ASA the defense must actually catch it and then drop the ball, merely guiding it or letting it drop is not an IDB in ASA.

So it depends on what org you play and in ASA play exactly what F6 did to determine if the call was correct or not.

Mark
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