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McMike
Last night, one of our Little League batters ran to first after a dropped third, despite a runner on first and no outs. In the confusion and live ball, the runner on first stole second, while the catcher made the unnecessary play to first. The umpire let the stolen base stand and reminded the batter he was out.
On the one hand, it's the catcher's fault for not knowing the situation. On the other hand, the batter was running the bases even though he was out, which sounds like it is entering travesty territory.
What's the proper ruling?
Does intent matter (the batter certainly thought he was doing the right thing, the manager who was encouraging him, not so much perhaps)?
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noumpere
That's the only hand
Mister B
We were taught, "Batter's out! He's out! He's still out!" Your job is done. Now it's up to the defense to know the situation. I was U1 in a 13u game, R1 and R2 no outs, U3K B/R runs to first, R1
beerguy55
It may or may not be insidious. A lot of times the coach doesn't know any better either. If you can come up with an incredibly high degree of certainty that the coach is doing this on purpose, and
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