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This is a double play, right? Facebook is driving me crazy arguing that R3 is safe because the 3B didn't tag the bag on purpose. Girl's softball, technically (I don't know what level), but I assume this particular rule is the same in all standard baseball and softball rulesets. RPReplay_Final1773178685.mp4

Gary Cohen just raised an interesting point on today's Mets broadcast after Pete Alonso reached first base on a dropped fly ball right around the foul line but was thrown out trying for second base: could the Mets (the offensive team) have challenged the fair/foul call to negate the out and extend Alonso's at bat even though they'd be asking to negate a hit for one of their own players? More generally, is there any limit to which team can issue a particular challenge, or could either team ask to review the same call, even if it might be detrimental to their cause? As far as I understand the replay rules, any play which isn't specifically listed as reviewable can't be reviewed by either team, but as far as I know the rules have no mention that a specific team must be the one to issue a challenge, so I would assume there is no such restriction. I can think of other situations where this could come into play, for example, runner on third comes in to score on an apparent wild pitch, the defensive team might want to challenge for a hit by pitch so the ball would be dead and the run wouldn't count. Anyone know of a specific ruling on this?

9.01(c)? Isn't that about the official scorer?

So let's say there's a roller down the first or third-base line. The fielders want it to roll foul. Obviously if they touch the ball it's fair, and they can't blow on it, but what happens if they pile up the dirt in front of the ball to deflect it into foul territory. Is that allowed? Is it the same as touching the ball? I can't find a rule on this, and it feels like a bit of an oversight.

I guess you could argue that forcing an injured player to continue circling the bases puts them at risk of further injury.

Which is why I asked. If the ball is out of play the runner cannot be tagged out, but the play isn't over until the runners finish advancing.

I hope so, because anything else seems cruel.

Let's say that a batter hits a home run but gets injured while running the bases and can't complete his journey home. How do the officials handle that? Is the team allowed to substitute another runner? Is he out? Does he have to crawl his way around the bases before the trainer can see him?

I’m talking about cases where possession is clear. If the umpire doesn’t know whether or not it was caught by all means he should call fair/foul.

Basically, nothing bad will happen because the umpire waited to tell me fair or foul. But I can get screwed if I don’t know whether or not the ball was caught.

But consider this: there’s a runner on first. Low line drive down the right field line is maybe caught, maybe trapped in short right field right on the line. As a baserunner, if it’s foul, I don’t need to know that right away. If it’s fair, I need to know which direction to run. What if the extra hesitation waiting for the catch/no catch call results in the runner being forced out at second?

Why do umpires call fair/foul before calling catch/no catch? Seems to me like it’s more important for the baserunners to know whether or not they have to tag up.

The OP was referring to a fly ball that hits the face of the wall and gets knocked out of play.

I think it’s just standard practice to consider the top of the wall indeterminate. Just seems a bit weird.

With enough backspin, it can hit the true top of the wall and bounce back into play.