Bunted ball hits batter - fair or foul - who's call

[Itsabouttime]

Can either the PU or FU make the call whether she was in the box when hit?

 

[Comp]

Yes, either can make the call. There are times the PU may be blocked out of seeing something the BU can see.

 

[foursixtyfive]

It's the CF call. She said she was out of the box when the ball hit her

 

[Ajaywill]

Yes, either can make the call. There are times the PU may be blocked out of seeing something the BU can see.

Either umpire can make the call that the batter was hit by a batted ball. The decision on whether or not she was in the batter's box when hit belongs to the plate umpire.

 

[Greenmonsters]

Either umpire can make the call that the batter was hit by a batted ball. The decision on whether or not she was in the batter's box when hit belongs to the plate umpire.

Please explain to me how the PU can decide where the batter relative to the batters box if it was only the BU who saw the ball hit the batter.

 

[Ajaywill]

Please explain to me how the PU can decide where the batter relative to the batters box if it was only the BU who saw the ball hit the batter.

The PU can often be blocked from actually seeing the batted ball hit the batter by the catcher or the batter's body. Usually, as PU, I will think that the ball hit the batter, but not actually see it, so I wait for my partner to make that call. I know where the batter was when she was potentially hit, since I am right there, so that judgement belongs to PU. The BU can easily see the ball hit the batter, but due to angles and the possibility that the batter's box lines are no longer clear, the BU should not be making the judgement about the batter's location from 70 - 80 feet away.

 

[Christopher F Cheney]

We had a call similar to that but i was the bu and i didn't see the batter get hit at all.