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HR; teammates physically prevent batter from entering dugout before touching home
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11u game at local rec league. Assume that rules are OBR.
Runner on third, one out. Batter hits an over-the-fence HR (extremely rare at this level).
Batter-runner's team is in the third-base dugout. After the batter-runner touches third, he swings over to the dugout. Teammates at the entrance to the dugout are high-fiving him. BR seems to have forgotten about touching home and is about to enter dugout. Base coach begins screaming, "HOME! HOME!" and some of the BR's teammates in the dugout push him away from the dugout's opening. BR comes to his senses, touches home, and enters dugout.
Does the HR stand?
The ruling:
Opposing coach claimed the BR entered dugout and should be called out. Umpire judged that he did not enter the dugout. UIC is called and rules that the BR is out for being physically assisted by the teammates in the dugout.
Bonus questions:
(1) if the BR had entered the dugout, then returned to field and touched home, would he have been out?
(2) if the 3B coach had grabbed the BR and pulled him away from the dugout, would he be out?
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noumpere
I agree with the quoted in the BRD, but I don't agree with the play result (iow, I agree with beerguy). In the McGwire play, the coach first grabbed McGwire to give a congratulatory hug (n
Richvee
Exactly. Had his teamates not pushed him out of the entrance he would have been in the dugout without touching home. There's a difference between innocent hi fives, pats on the back rounding the bases
MidAmUmp
No where in OBR does it say an offensive teammate cannot physically assist a runner. It specifically says the 1st & 3rd base coaches cannot physically assist. So if you were playing under OBR, the
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