Interfering

[Guest Mike]

If a runner leaves early from a base and the catcher for whatever reason doesn't catch the ball, and the batter doesn't realize the runner is attempting to steal and they pick up the ball to give back to the umpire, is anyone out in this situation or does the runner just go back to their original base?

[Tksjewelry]

Batter is out for interference, runner returns to TOP base 6.06c. Is that correct gentlemen?

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[ricka56]

By rule this may be interference, but from what is written, no one seems to know what's going on (very low-level baseball). If the umpire called for a do-over, I wouldn't criticize him. 

[ZebraStripes]

9 hours ago, Guest Mike said:

If a runner leaves early from a base and the catcher for whatever reason doesn't catch the ball, and the batter doesn't realize the runner is attempting to steal and they pick up the ball to give back to the umpire, is anyone out in this situation or does the runner just go back to their original base?

Runner left early on a steal?  So we have really low level baseball or softball.  If it is very low baseball that doesn't allow leading off, the runner should be out as soon as the pitch is released and a dead ball called.  Same for softball.

[noumpere]

10 hours ago, Guest Mike said:

If a runner leaves early from a base and the catcher for whatever reason doesn't catch the ball, and the batter doesn't realize the runner is attempting to steal and they pick up the ball to give back to the umpire, is anyone out in this situation or does the runner just go back to their original base?

Did the catcher realize it (was he attempting to get to the ball to make a play)?  Did the umpire realize it?

[maven]

Somewhere in there, tell the batter, "don't do that."

[Rich Ives]

 

Leaving early in baseball is not an out most places,

[LRZ]

1 hour ago, ZebraStripes said:

Runner left early on a steal?  So we have really low level baseball or softball.  If it is very low baseball that doesn't allow leading off, the runner should be out as soon as the pitch is released and a dead ball called.  Same for softball.

In the low-level leagues around here, runners leaving early are not called out. If thrown out, that stands. If safe, they go back. If the ball is put in play on a hit, runners can only advance as far as they are forced by the BR (i.e., one base on a single, two bases on a double, three on a triple).

[basejester]

11 hours ago, Guest Mike said:

If a runner leaves early from a base and the catcher for whatever reason doesn't catch the ball, and the batter doesn't realize the runner is attempting to steal and they pick up the ball to give back to the umpire, is anyone out in this situation or does the runner just go back to their original base?

If this were a Little League baseball game in a Major or below division (in which "leaves early" has some meaning), return the runner to second base.  If you judge that the batter interfered with the catcher's attempt to make the play, then you can get the batter as @Tksjewelry cited.  If everyone is milling around clueless, then there would not, in my humble opinion, be cause to call interference.

In Little League softball, the runner is out for "leaving early".  If you're using a different rule set, please specify.

 

[ZebraStripes]

3 hours ago, LRZ said:

In the low-level leagues around here, runners leaving early are not called out. If thrown out, that stands. If safe, they go back. If the ball is put in play on a hit, runners can only advance as far as they are forced by the BR (i.e., one base on a single, two bases on a double, three on a triple).

In Dizzy Dean, it is an out.