Dead ball

The dead ball happens each time when it’s out of play. This situation bans all further plays even if the ball returns to the field bounds. The runners feel free to finish their advancing. It’s a frequent situation in the game. The interval between the ball is dead and resuming the game is usually short. Sometimes the break may extend if one of the teams pretends to use the VAR system.

The dead balls are a typical result of the penalties. Such violations include illegal collisions or interference on the fielder’s way. The legal occurrences include the hitting of the fair ball out of bounds or the batted ball falling into the foul area. A particular case is a ground-rule double. It happens when the ball arrives into the outfield wall padding or similar areas. The ball here is dead, the runner at bat moves to the second base. Two additional runners move two bases from that they occupied.