We've all seen the video of Lenny Randall blowing the slow roller foul, but some people were questioning the outcome on a Facebook thread if this happened in a softball game. Now considering it's Facebook, and therefore everyone is an expert, there were a plethora of "rules" being quoted. I'm not proficient on some rulesets, and haven't read a rulebook in the last few years since my retirement, so I was curious as to the ruling.
The answers were "interference"-dead ball award batter first- all other runners advance a base.
Immediate dead ball batter gets first & all runners advance.
Fair ball-just like if it hit the fielder's glove and bounced foul. Play is live.
Let it play out then award one extra base as a penalty.
What I want to know is what is the actual ruling & does it differ in various rulesets?
The answers were "interference"-dead ball award batter first- all other runners advance a base.
Immediate dead ball batter gets first & all runners advance.
Fair ball-just like if it hit the fielder's glove and bounced foul. Play is live.
Let it play out then award one extra base as a penalty.
What I want to know is what is the actual ruling & does it differ in various rulesets?