do-over

Question
QUESTION: What play would constitute a 'do over'in fastpitch?

ANSWER: Wayne,

Rule-wise, I can't think of any situation where a pitch is delivered, legal or illegal, that there would be a "do-over".  The closest thing to this is if the umpire declares a no pitch prior or during the delivery.

This could be due the batter not being in the box yet, a ball from another field landing in your field or something similar.  Do you have an actual situation you want an opinion on?

Tom

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QUESTION: Situation:  R1 is on 1st base.  B1 hits ground ball to F4, R1  runs past F4 and ball bounces in F4's glove, as F4 throws the ball to F3 to get the batter-runner, my partner call calls interferenceon R1..  1st asked why was their  interfere nce and she stated that the ground ball hit R1 before entering F4's glove.  She then came to me and asjed what did I have on the play.  I deferred that it's her call but she still asked what did I see and I stated that the ball did not hit the runner.  I know that this is not a 'help' situation but she asked.  So, their was no interference.  Does ASA rule 10-3c apply?  Or was it umpire interfere nce and we put runner s on 1st and 2nd.

Thanks

Wayne

Answer
Wayne,

I will tackle the easy part first.  This was not umpire interference.

When you boot a call like this, someone is going to be unhappy.  Placing runners on 1st and 2nd is going to make the defense's coach unhappy because you take away an out.  Put the batter back at the plate and you have an unhappy offensive coach because they lose the base runner and the defense is unhappy because they lose an out. If you were to invoke 10.3 those would be your choices.  You're the plate umpire, what do you do?  I would stick with the interference call.  You're not going to make the offensive coach happy but we already know that.

Tom