Game (12U) played in the rain yesterday, the pitcher had the ball squirt out of her hand during her wind-up and it slowly rolled sideways toward the first base foul line. Everyone stood there and watched it roll. The umpire didn't say anything until it across the foul line, at which point he called it a ball.
1) Was that the right call, or should it have been no pitch?
2) If the first baseman had ran over and picked it up prior to it going foul, would it have been a no pitch? What about the catcher? Or the pitcher herself?
3) If the ball had just stopped in the dirt without anyone touching it, what then?
4) Could the baserunners have taken off while it was rolling? What about after the call of "ball"?
1) Was that the right call, or should it have been no pitch?
2) If the first baseman had ran over and picked it up prior to it going foul, would it have been a no pitch? What about the catcher? Or the pitcher herself?
3) If the ball had just stopped in the dirt without anyone touching it, what then?
4) Could the baserunners have taken off while it was rolling? What about after the call of "ball"?
