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Another stupid baseball rule question
Self | 4/5/'14 | Zionist Conspirator

Posted on 04/05/2014 7:41:07 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator

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1 posted on 04/05/2014 7:41:08 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I’m puzzled like you.

Infield fly?


2 posted on 04/05/2014 7:44:25 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You can count my felonies by looking at my FR replies.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

If the runner stayed on first I would think he would still be safe but I would imagine that he would be well down the line if he ran on contact.


3 posted on 04/05/2014 7:47:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

On a caught fly ball (I believe that is the situation you described), the runners on base must tag up (return and touch the base that they were originally on, after the ball is caught) before they can proceed. IF, after the ball is caught and before the runner ‘tags up’, the fielder touches the base (or throws it to a teammate who touches the base), the runner is ‘out’.


4 posted on 04/05/2014 7:47:09 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Scrambler Bob

That would only make the batter automatically out and not the runner. Infield fly rule is meant to avoid the infielder purposely dropping a fly in order to get more than the batter out.


5 posted on 04/05/2014 7:47:53 PM PDT by xp38
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ONLY way that scenario works is if man is doubled off 2B..but you say only one on.

If he had taken it on a hop and stepped on 2B and thrown to 1B it would not have been ‘unassisted’.

You sure runners were not on 1st and 2nd?

Like I say ONLY way that ‘scenario’ works.


6 posted on 04/05/2014 7:48:48 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98 --"I would agree with you BUT that would make both of us wrong".))
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Runner at first had to have started running before tagging the bag. Since it was a liner that was caught with no ground contact, the runner would have been required to remain on base, tag up, and then run.

The penalty for running before the ball is caught, if discovered, the runner will be called out.


7 posted on 04/05/2014 7:49:10 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I don’t much about baseball, but I think the batter was out when the ball was caught and the guy on first was out when he tagged first base, no reason to throw to first because he was already out.


8 posted on 04/05/2014 7:49:20 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Yes, You are always right /S)
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1. I don't think the infield fly rule would apply in the case of a line drive -- even a soft one.

2. Are you sure the shortstop didn't run past second base and tag Marte? Was Marte running on the play?

9 posted on 04/05/2014 7:49:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Scrambler Bob
I’m puzzled like you.

Infield fly?

I hadn't thought of that, but I don't see what that would have to do with it. There should have been no force play at second base (because the batter was out), and yet there was.

Also the official score does not mention the infield fly rule, nor did any of the commentators.

10 posted on 04/05/2014 7:50:11 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

bttt


11 posted on 04/05/2014 7:51:13 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Zionist Conspirator
RE: 4

I 'sped read' your description and missed a couple of important points. What you described makes no sense to me... If the ball was not caught - then a force out at 2nd base, but the batter would not be out. If the ball was caught, batter out and no force out on 2nd base... I agree - mystery to me.

12 posted on 04/05/2014 7:51:41 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Now that I have giving more thought. We must know..

“Who was on first?”


13 posted on 04/05/2014 7:52:47 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Yes, You are always right /S)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Infield fly has to be called before the ball is caught.


14 posted on 04/05/2014 7:54:10 PM PDT by Mears
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Runner at first had to have started running before tagging the bag. Since it was a liner that was caught with no ground contact, the runner would have been required to remain on base, tag up, and then run.

The penalty for running before the ball is caught, if discovered, the runner will be called out.

I'm afraid I don't understand that. It was a low ball, so no one knew it was going to be caught. Of course the runner at first took off. But here's the situation: the ss caught the ball, putting the batter out. But this still left the runner at first on his way to second. According to the rules as I have always understood them, the ss would have had to have physically tagged the runner (since the force play should have been killed) or else thrown to first where the runner would be declared out because he was too far from the base to tag back up. Yet the play was unassisted. There was no throw to first. The shortstop caught the ball (batter is out) and then simply drug his foot across second base, at which point the runner was called out. How was the force play still active after the batter had been called out?

15 posted on 04/05/2014 7:55:28 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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From ESPN's play-by-play account............

Pittsburgh - Bottom of 1st
SCORE
Shelby Miller pitching for St. Louis STL PIT
S Marte walked. 0 0
T Snider lined out to shortstop, S Marte tagged out at second. 0 0
A McCutchen popped out to second. 0 0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

16 posted on 04/05/2014 7:57:28 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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Very strange. Have you seen a video clip of this play anywhere online?


17 posted on 04/05/2014 7:57:35 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: hole_n_one

Well there’s your answer. That’s what I originally suspected! LOL.


18 posted on 04/05/2014 7:59:16 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: xrmusn
ONLY way that scenario works is if man is doubled off 2B..but you say only one on.

If he had taken it on a hop and stepped on 2B and thrown to 1B it would not have been ‘unassisted’.

You sure runners were not on 1st and 2nd?

Like I say ONLY way that ‘scenario’ works.

I know! That's what I don't get!

Yes, it was the Pirates' first inning, their first two batters. The lead-off man was walked, then the second batter hit into this "unassisted double play" at second!

19 posted on 04/05/2014 7:59:37 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I gave you the answer. The rule is very specific. The ball was caught on the fly. Obviously the runner left before the ball was caught which according to THE RULE makes the runner out. It doesn’t matter that ‘no one knew’ that the ball would be caught. It was and that’s the rule. Trust this old blue. It required NO throw to first the runner was out by his actions. The play was unassisted because that is the proper way to score this play.

Look at the rule book or accept the explanation from one who has (many times)


20 posted on 04/05/2014 8:00:41 PM PDT by Nifster
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