If there is two outs, how many runs score? Do you have abandoment?

[BLWizzRanger]

 

Maybe softball is different...

 

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[SeeingEyeDog]

Yeah...I have abandonment...of his senses and respect for the game. So, did the opposing team just all line up and plunk him all at once on his next AB, or was parking lot justice the order of the day? Inquiring minds want to know...what a hump...

~Dawg

[Senor Azul]

Yes, softball is different. Often there is what is called a "hit and sit" rule. If an out-of-the-park homer is hit the batter doesn't have to run the bases--he just goes back to his bench and sits.

[JonnyCat]

2 hours ago, Senor Azul said:

Yes, softball is different. Often there is what is called a "hit and sit" rule. If an out-of-the-park homer is hit the batter doesn't have to run the bases--he just goes back to his bench and sits.

Good catch Mr Azul, this is a rule in some leagues. In my Sunday men's softball league we play with this rule. Base runners and batter runner do not have to run the bases or touch home plate. Just count all the runs and next batter is up. We've played with this rule for a number of years now.

We play under USSSA rules. Don't know if it is a USSSA rule or a local site adoption.

[Lou B]

He was just doing his Jimmy Piersall impression!

[beerguy55]

Specifically SLOW PITCH softball can be different.

As stated above, many (not all) slow pitch leagues and tournaments don't require the batter to round the bases when hitting the ball out of the park.  In fact, they don't want it.  It's a time saver, and it removes any possible notion of gloating and other crap while he's rounding the bases.

I have never seen this applied in fast pitch softball.

However, the pitch in the video is odd...it's not windmill, it's not even half windup, but doesn't look like it has any arc either.

[stevis]

7 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

Specifically SLOW PITCH softball can be different.

As stated above, many (not all) slow pitch leagues and tournaments don't require the batter to round the bases when hitting the ball out of the park.  In fact, they don't want it.  It's a time saver, and it removes any possible notion of gloating and other crap while he's rounding the bases.

I have never seen this applied in fast pitch softball.

However, the pitch in the video is odd...it's not windmill, it's not even half windup, but doesn't look like it has any arc either.

I used to play "modified fast-pitch" that worked like his, where you couldn't take the full windup.  It was a base/work league, nobody taking anything too seriously but decades before somebody must have decided they weren't going full beer league slow pitch and it stuck.

Never climbed a fence but I did get my pant leg caught in one chasing down an errant throw.