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Illegal Bat

Definition

Advancing a live ball by intentionally batting the ball up the field. For example, an offensive lineman sees that a pileup on a fumbled ball is imminent and instead of recovering the fumble he swats or kicks the ball up the field in an attempt to get it to another teammate, or save yards.

Outcome

10 yards

2012 Stats

Penalty Log

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AgainstBeneficiaryDatePlayerPosRef CrewWeekQuarterTimeDownDistanceYardageDeclinedOffsettingHomePhase
OaklandKansas City10/28/12T.BranchDBBill Vinovich8402:27000NoYesNoSpecial Teams
TennesseeJacksonville12/30/12D.ReynaudWRBill Vinovich17105:40000YesNoYesSpecial Teams
OaklandSan Diego12/30/12T.PryorWRJohn Parry17403:452510NoNoNoOffense
Totals30.671.6710111