Our parents and coaches had quite a bit of discussion on this call yesterday. We'll see what the experts here think.
Situation:
AFA tourney, 14u
Runner on, 2 out, 2 strikes.
Pitch comes.
Batter swings, misses.
Ball hits catcher's mitt (could have been helmet, but didn't sound like it) and pops up and a bit forward.
On the batter's follow thru, the bat hits the ball (again, after the ball had bounced off the catcher).
Ball rolls down the 1st base line in foul territory.
Batter meanders towards 1st.
Catcher pursues the ball, picks it up in foul territory, and throws to 1st.
Umps huddle, call the batter out and we switch sides (3rd out).
Then it gets funny.
Their coach comes out to argue. Umps huddle again for a long time and ultimately call it a foul ball and everyone goes back to where they were. That batter got hit by pitch 2 pitches later, then the next batter struck out. We went on to run rule them in 3 inning, so it didn't matter, but I think our girls were pretty fired up after that.
What's the call?
Situation:
AFA tourney, 14u
Runner on, 2 out, 2 strikes.
Pitch comes.
Batter swings, misses.
Ball hits catcher's mitt (could have been helmet, but didn't sound like it) and pops up and a bit forward.
On the batter's follow thru, the bat hits the ball (again, after the ball had bounced off the catcher).
Ball rolls down the 1st base line in foul territory.
Batter meanders towards 1st.
Catcher pursues the ball, picks it up in foul territory, and throws to 1st.
Umps huddle, call the batter out and we switch sides (3rd out).
Then it gets funny.
Their coach comes out to argue. Umps huddle again for a long time and ultimately call it a foul ball and everyone goes back to where they were. That batter got hit by pitch 2 pitches later, then the next batter struck out. We went on to run rule them in 3 inning, so it didn't matter, but I think our girls were pretty fired up after that.
What's the call?