Ok softball minded friends: ground ball hit to SS she dives and nicks the ball with glove. It ricochets and hits runner behind her moving from 2nd to 3rd. Is that not a live ball? Umpire said doesn't matter if it passed fielder or not the runner is out if the ball touchers her. Am I confused or was that rule changed recently?
Nope, no rule changes on this one.
The umpire had part of it right- on this play it doesn't matter if the ball had passed a fielder or not. Because that is a different rule!
If a runner is unavoidably hit by a batted ball that has already been
touched by a fielder, the runner is not out...unless judged to have intentionally contacted the ball. The ball remains live...play on and get what you get! This is regardless of if the ball had passed a fielder or not. This was a
deflected batted ball...different rule and ruling!
So...how did the protest turn out?