Talk:Dead ball

Merge proposal
See discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:49, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Discussion now archived at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Disambiguation/Archive_18. Manning (talk) 01:28, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Deadball for NBA basketball
We need to add a definition for basketball. How about the following?

"Section IV-Dead Ball a. The ball becomes dead and/or remains dead when the following occurs: (1) Official blows his/her whistle (2) Free throw which will not remain in play (free throw which will be followed by another free throw, technical, flagrant, etc.) (3) Following a successful field goal or free throw that will remain in play, until player possession out-of-bounds. Contact which is NOT considered unsportsmanlike shall be ignored. (Rule 12A-Section VII-i) (4) Time expires for the end of any period EXCEPTION: If a live ball is in flight, the ball becomes dead when the goal is made, missed or touched by an offensive player. " from http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_6.html?nav=ArticleList

or http://en.mimi.hu/basketball/dead_ball.html

http://www.superglossary.com/Definition/Basketball/Dead_Ball.html

Based on my interpretation of US Copyright law, this quote could be put in verbatim. http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html A. The educational, teaching use, B. Using a small percentage of the entire rule book here, & C. the nonprofit nature of Wikipedia. Any opinions? Would someone like to improve it- simplify it or make it more natural to read first? Side Note: I saw a "Edit conflict" due to simultaneous edits of this page, but it appeared to only be a bot. Nickalh50 (talk) 22:56, 8 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Use a blockquote and a proper citation and there will be no copyvio. Manning (talk) 06:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Baseball - Fair ball hits runner
The Official baseball Rules do not require the umpire to judge whether interference occurred to call time and call the runner involved "out" when the runner is hit by the ball before it passes a fielder other than the pitcher. Reference: OBR Rules 2, 6, 7 and 10.


 * Rule 2 defines interference:


 * "Interference -(a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter-runner, or a runner out for interference, all other runners shall return to the last base that was in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference, unless otherwise provided by these rules.


 * Rule 2.00 (Interference (a)) Comment: In the event the batter-runner has not reached first base, all runners shall return to the base last occupied at the time of the pitch. "


 * Rule 6.05 "A batter is out when - ...
 * (g) His fair ball touches him before touching a fielder. If the batter is in a legal position in the batter’s box, see Rule 6.03, and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, a batted ball that strikes the batter or his bat shall be ruled a foul ball;"


 * Rule 7.08 "Any runner is out when—
 * (f) He is touched by a fair ball in fair territory before the ball has touched or passed an infielder. The ball is dead and no runner may score, nor runners advance, except runners forced to advance. EXCEPTION: If a runner is touching his base when touched by an Infield Fly, he is not out, although the batter is out;"


 * Rule 10.05 Base Hits
 * "(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when: ...


 * (5) a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder touches a runner or an umpire, unless a runner is called out for having been touched by an Infield Fly, in which case the official scorer shall not score a hit;"

Those rules, taken together, suggest that interference is not the call when a batter is hit by a fair ball unless the umpire judges that the runner intentionally allowed the ball to hit him. Same with the batter, if he runs into his own batted ball. Consequently, I think that being hit by a fair ball is not another instance of interference, but is a separate classification of "dead ball."

Finally, "He is touched by a fair ball in fair territory before the ball has touched or passed an infielder." The ball not having been touched and the ball not having passed an infielder would not result in interference for one but not the other, as seems to be suggested by the text to which my edit was reverted - in that the line about not having been touched by an infielder does include the runner as well as the umpire.

Citations to contrary authorities are welcome. Justus R (talk) 23:10, 30 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Just because the penalty is spelled out separately does not mean it's not interference. I don't have OBR in front of me at the moment, but the NFHS softball rulebook lists "Ball Hits Runner" as an item under Interference in the index.


 * Our article on Interference (baseball) lists the runner contacting the ball as a form of interference. However, in the interest of making it easy to follow for the lay reader, I'll go along with listing the ball hitting the runner as a separate line item, barring further objections. —C.Fred (talk) 23:21, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Dead bird, dead ball (baseball)
In 2004, Randy Johnson threw a 99-mph fastball that struck a flying dove flying between the pitcher's mound and home plate, the impact killing the bird. The collision altered the flight of the pitch and made continuation of the play impossible.

The umpiring crew, not trained in veterinary medicine, could not call the bird "dead", but in accordance with a rule in the rule book were able to call the pitch "no pitch" in accordance with a rule that allows them to decide the consequences of an unusual event. The ball could not be ruled a ball or strike, as if it had been thrown after umpires had declared time out. The commissioner's office concurred with the ruling.

I shall check the rule book to determine whether it has been modified to recognize the unlikely situation. Pbrower2a (talk) 02:38, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

'''9.01(c) Each umpire has authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules'''

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp

The precedent has been set.Pbrower2a (talk) 03:17, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

There were runners on base, and they were not allowed to advance. Effectively that was a dead ball. An animal or a piece of debris interfering with the pitch would almost certainly have the same effect. Paradoxically even a bat (the mammalian kind) would have the same effect.

Would this also count on a throw to one of the bases on an attempted steal or pick-off play? Rule 9.01(c) probably still applies.Pbrower2a (talk) 19:38, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

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