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Thu Aug-04-05 11:19 AM
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Bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded, full count..... |
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And you're the catcher.
The batter swings and misses...strike three. But the ball gets away from you. Bounces about 10 for 12 feet away. The batter starts running toward first.
What is the correct play?
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:19 AM
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:20 AM
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My instinct would be to throw to first....but I'd have to overcome it.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:20 AM
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4. throw batter out at first |
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:21 AM
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:21 AM
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6. tag the runner, or throw to first. |
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:21 AM
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If it's strike 3 the game is over
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:22 AM
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10. not on a dropped third strike |
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:21 AM
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8. Throw to the pitcher, who had BETTER be covering home. |
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:29 AM
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:31 AM
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16. THREE pitchers can't cover 1st! |
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Don't they teach that in spring training? Sweet Sister Sadie...
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:38 AM
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17. The entire infield, except for Lee, is clueless. |
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Even after Barrett threw the ball down to Ramierez at third (a really, really stupid play).... all that Rameirez had to do was step on 3rd.
But guess what? Ramierez was about 10 feet off of the bag. Why? What was he doing? He was standing around doing nothing. Nobody will take charge. It's a joke. The Cubs looked like a bad Little League team yesterday.
:cry:
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:22 AM
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:24 AM
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before you throw the batter out at first, it doesn't do you any good. So you might want to hedge your bets, flip the ball to that pitcher who is hopefully now covering home plate, and get that fucker out at home.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:24 AM
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12. the play is at home plate |
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:25 AM
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13. The correct answer....run the guy on 3rd back to third. |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:54 AM by XNASA
Anyone catch the end of the Cubs-Phillies games last night? http://www.suntimes.com/output/sports/cst-spt-cub04.htmlSorry...I had to change my answer. My first answer...forceout at home...was wrong.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:31 AM
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15. if bases are empty, you need to throw someone out. But, if there are MoB |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:31 AM by kick-ass-bob
(men on base) I don't think you need to do anything except shake the pitcher's hand.
Is that not right?
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:39 AM
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18. Only if the batter doesn't start running to first. |
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But he did. So somebody has to make a play.
This is in reference to the Cubs-Phillies game last night. It actually happened and the Cubs blew it. It was sick.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:44 AM
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19. I Heard Harold Reynolds on ESPN. . . |
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. . .analyze the play differently. He said because there was only one out, the hitter is not entitled to first base when the bases are loaded. So, there's no force at home. The correct play, according to him, was to do nothing. The hitter would be out at first, because the runner who was already there was entitled to that bag.
I had not known that rule until he explained it today. I thought the ball was live on a dropped third strike. The Professor
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:48 AM
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20. this is what I was thinking. |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:49 AM by kick-ass-bob
Because I have seen before that someone starts running with someone on first, and the catcher does nothing. The umpire then rules the batter out.
I have seen this happen on many more than one occasion.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:52 AM
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I thought all Barrett had to do was step on home, but Harold said it was more complicated because the bases were loaded and only one out. Like i said, i didn't know there was any such rule. Maybe i didn't hear it exactly, but he did say the right thing to do was nothing. The Professor
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:56 AM
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25. That's not right either. |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:57 AM by XNASA
The batter striking out with only 1 out...made 2 outs.
But runners may advance at their own risk at anytime. And that's what Rollins did. He advanced to score. But there were no forceouts.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:53 AM
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22. Now I get it. There could be no forceouts, no matter what. |
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With first base occupied, the batter cannot advance...but...
Runners may try to advance at their own risk. No forceouts would be possible.
Still....Barrett should have run Rollins back to 3rd. It was stupid no matter how you look at it.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:55 AM
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All he had to do was hold the ball, and they had the 2nd out. Throwing it was stupid! Since the runner on third couldn't go if Barrett was standing there with the ball, the other runners had nowhere to go either. Same as an ordinary strikeout. But, NO! At least he admitted he screwed up. The Professor
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:57 AM
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:thumbsup: on the clarification.
:thumbsdown: on the play.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:58 AM
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Actually the correct rule is the batter can advance to first when the bag is unnocupied and less than two outs (when the batter came to the plate). He can advance with first base occupied if there are two outs when he came to the plate, at which point there would be force plays at the other bases.
But in this case, with one out, he could not advance, and the other runners could advance at their own risk, but no force.
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Thu Aug-04-05 11:56 AM
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24. make sure the runner on third does not attempt to score |
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before the ump calls the batter out
then head for the high-fives and hand-shaking line.
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Thu Aug-04-05 12:03 PM
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:shrug:
Well, what did you expect, I was a theatre major. :P
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