2007-10-26 05:56:42 · 13 answers · asked by snake 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
the batter is out. if there are base runners they can advance the bases until the ball is thrown back in by someone.
2007-10-26 05:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by 2gadoo 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Batter is out and if there are runners on base, they can advance at their own risk. The ball is in play until it is thrown in. The play doesn't stop until that occurs. A teammate can retrieve the ball and throw it in. This happens more often than you think. Also, happens when an outfielder crashes into the wall making a catch.
2007-10-26 06:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by DaKnights 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can you clarify? What do you mean what is the ruling? If the outfielder that caught the ball caught it on a fly, the batter is out. Otherwise, its up to the outfielders to get the ball back infield ASAP before the runner runs the bases.
2007-10-26 06:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batter's out. Runners can advance at will, tagging after the catch. Another player on the defense will need to retrieve the ball unless the umpires call time due to severity of injury.
2007-10-26 06:37:28 · answer #4 · answered by Goethe's Ghostwriter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he holds onto the ball, the batter is out and the runners advance at their peril after tagging up. Another player has to run over and get the ball and throw it in.
2007-10-26 07:29:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This actually happened in 1969 in Candlestick Park. Willie mays is in center and Bobby Bonds in right. The batter hits a long fly to the rightcenter fence. Both Mays and Bonds collide as Willie reaches over the fence to catch the ball. As they both tumble to the ground, Willie has the breath knocked out of him by Bond's knee. Willie layed on the ground as Bonds reached into his glove to show the umps the ball was caught. Best catch I ever saw on TV(was the game of the week).
2007-10-26 09:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The batter is out, if there are base runners on base, and no one is able to throw the ball back in, then all the runners score.
2007-10-26 06:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batter is out, runners advance at their own risk. Any defensive player may retrieve the ball and throw it to any base.
2007-10-26 06:00:52 · answer #8 · answered by john_holliday_1876 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batter is out and the play continues until someone gets the ball back in.
2007-10-26 06:00:17 · answer #9 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no ruling; play continues. It's tough luck for the defense. The same thing goes if a fielder gets his foot caught in the fence or something.
2007-10-26 19:13:29 · answer #10 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋