You are correct....you're not allowed to use such a device.
So because you feel it looks like a ball & strike indicator you feel can get away with violating a rule?
Yes, you're correct. My error for not thinking geometrically, was only considering the 8 1/2" outside corner that we use when calling balls & strikes....it's a 17"x 17" dimension.
No.
A pitched ball, by rule, is judged to be in or out of the strike zone ball as it passes through or by "that space over any part of home plate...." Home plate is 17" wide x 8 1/2" long...so once the pitch passes the point of the plate the pitch would be complete; as the PU has judged the...
Williams, Colby, and Bates, along with being great schools academically, play in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) along with Tufts...the winner of the last two (2014&'13) NCAA DIII National Championships.
First there is a penalty...... it's an IP.
Second, the penalty is not for a defensive player being out of position, the penalty is for a defensive player (other than the catcher) not being positioned in fair territory prior to the pitcher delivering the pitch.
ASA Rule 6 Sec.5 DEFENSIVE...
If you're playing in a game in which lineup cards have been presented at the pre-game meeting to the PU, no matter what ruleset, you are required by rule to report ANY and ALL changes to the PU.
Any statement to the contrary, is inaccurate, and a rules violation. Penalties for these violations...
1) After the HC questioned the BU, he should have walked to the PU and advised him that he was removing his team from the field and the and forfeiting the game, and have the AC's get the team to an area away from the field.
2) HC should then have asked for the name of the BU, and if...
Tony, as I understand the sitch in the OP, the runners advanced to 2nd and 3rd as a result of the umpires awarding them the base on the IP call....not on the INF.
IP is a delayed dead ball call. On DDB calls you let all play conclude (in this case and INF sitch), you then call TIME, confer with your partner(s) and enforce the DDB call....in this sitch an IP.
Keep in mind, (although it didn't happen in this sitch), runners can advance at their own risk on...
Scenario 1: CORRECT RULING
Scenario 2: INCORRECT RULING
The correct ruling is the batter returns to batters box with a BALL added to her count and the runners advance one base, in this sitch...to 2nd and 3rd base.