Article: If runner touches batted ball, penalties will follow.(Baseball Rules Corner)

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THERE IS NOTHING IN THE description of a runner that allows him to touch or field a batted or thrown ball. A runner's job is simply to run and get to the next base. Runners have historically placed themselves in unorthodox situations and have challenged the umpires and members of the Playing Rules Committee by handling the baseball which is the business of the defensive team the last time I checked.

The Cubs and Mets played in Chicago on April 21. In the bottom of the eighth inning the Cubs were batting with the bases loaded and two outs, leading 2-1. Cubs' batter Ronny Cedeno tapped a ground ball that rolled foul a few feet off ...

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