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Baseball rules corner: when runner is hit by batted ball, Rule 7.09 (m) comes into play.
WHENEVER A BATTED BALL strikes a runner, the general perception is that the ball is "dead" immediately and the runner is ruled out. But such is not always true.
Let's dissect rule 7.09 (m) and apply it to some different situations. The rule reads: "It is interference by a batter or runner when a fair ball touches him on fair territory before touching a fielder. If a fair ball goes through, or by an infielder, and touches a runner immediately back of him, or touches the runner after having been deflected by a fielder, the umpires shall not declare the runner out for being touched by a batted ball.
In making such decision the umpire must be convinced that ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball rules corner: when runner is hit by batted ball, Rule 7.09...