Growler vs. YLLINaD Game

Since I had a wedding-filled weekend, I didn't really get an opportunity to read all the haps concerning rules.

But I'm back! And I'm going to force my opinions on you!

What Jess described (back to back runners getting hit with line drives) is crazy. And of course GKBs rules are so thin, the situation is not even addressed. If any corporate GKB guys are reading this: update your damn rules. Some of them are horribly written and confusing. You can sit around for one night in Atlanta, smoke blunts, sip on 40s and get it done.

So let's look at WAKA... an organization with horrible customer service, but a pretty thorough rulebook.

WAKA's rule 14.02d states an out is: "a runner touched by the ball or who touches the ball at any time while not on base while the ball is in play."

And then there is rule 14.02n, stating an out is also: "a runner tagged by the ball while on a base they are forced to vacate by the kicker becoming a runner."

Finally, in the test that WAKA requires you to pass in order to ref their Founders Cup:

An out is recorded if "a runner on 1st base is struck directly by the kicked ball." The explanation from the test lists rule 14.02n.

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Blaaah. Alright. So here's what I think.

When the runner on 3rd was hit with the ball, he's safe and the ball is live as long as he was standing on the base. This is because there is NO force requiring him to vacate 3rd base. Had the bases been loaded then he would have been out.

When the runner on first was hit with the line drive, he should be OUT, because his base of safety immediately became 2nd base when the ball was kicked.

-Chandler
Spokesman for the Liger Pitching Movement
"Increase scoring... increase fun."