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Good one Lenn. 

Real?

Quote from: TampaGiant on April 27, 2015, 04:34:44 PM
He also says Cooper Taylor has Natural athleticism and size that all the guys wish they had, but he is not a hard worker and does the minimum.

First, welcome TampaGiant!!

Now to the comment about Cooper Taylor doing the minimum.....that's discouraging. Opportunity knocks son. Grab it.

Hmm...

Top notch write up as always Ceri. Thanks! Really looking forward to all the rest. 

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Not really a joke, but funny nonetheless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAfKZUn9sZ0

Interesting that they have to ask what the options are, and if they don't the result falls to a default.  I've been watching baseball since the 60's and I never thought about this. Are there any other scenarios that arise where a manager would have options that could dictate different results of the same play?

Quote from: LennG on January 27, 2015, 03:52:38 PM

Quote from: bighitterdalama on December 10, 2014, 02:59:59 AM
Lenny, you have thrown several of these at me before. I have not read your answers, so I will give this a shot.

1) A balk is a no pitch; play is dead. Ergo, no hit; runner is awarded second base.

2) The runner owns second base, provided he is standing on the base prior to the fielder's attempt to play the ball. In other words, he does not interfere while returning to the base, nor, while standing on the base, he makes any type of movement that would interfere with the fielder's ability to make the play. Under these circumstances, runner is safe.

3) I believe this falls under the catcher's interference rule. The play continues until the ball is dead. The manager of the team in the field then gets the option: if the runner is thrown out, then strike out/throw out double play. If the runner is not thrown out, then the manager can demand the batter called out and the runner returned to first. An interesting scorer's question is whether the batter is scored as a strike out or an interference/put out to the catcher.

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a) Dead ball single. Runner gets first base; runners on base advance only by force.
b) The ball has not passed a base, the rubber is part of the field of play. Foul ball. 
c) Very interesting question. In almost any case, the umpire would be located past any base, so the carom would have to somehow hit an umpire, then pass between home and a base out of the field of play for it to be a foul ball. Otherwise, if the ball it an ump past a base, then caromed into foul territory, the ball is live. If it continues into the dug out, dead ball single. Again, very unlikely to happen in the Majors, but in a high school game or lower level, where the balls and strikes umpire is positioned behind the pitcher, it could happen. A variation might happen when, on a bunt or slow roller down the line, an umpire, following the ball, might accidentally kick the ball into foul territory. In this case, the ball is foul and dead once it enters foul territory.

5) We argued this as to whether this was a rule change since the late 1970s. I remember Dodger shortstop Dave Russell pulling this play in the World Series against the Yankees and the umpire ruling it an infield fly. I have never been able to confirm my memory or any rule change. In any case, I believe that, at least today, this a perfectly legal play.

Now I will check your answers.

Brian

Brian

Sorry it has taken me so long to even see your post. I really don't come here when there isn't any baseball.

Since you already checked my answers you know which ones you go right and wrong.

on #3, you got your interferences mixed a bit. On catcher's INT, yes there is a choice by the offensive manager. If the batter is out, interference is called and the batter is awarded 1st base. But t offensive manager has a choice. Like if the batter flied out on the INT and a man tagged up from 3rd and scored. The offensive manager would have the option of putting the batter on 1st and bringing the man on 3rd back, or recording the out and having the tag up play count. In all my years of umpiring, I have seen ONE manager use this rule to his advantage. Most don't know and they accept whatever the umps say, usually putting the guy back and having a 1st and 3rd situation.

Any questions or discussions on this or any of the others, let me know.

Do you spell out their options for them? Just curious.

Not technically a joke but a very funny video. Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell in a skit from the old Dana Carvey show.

Waiters who are Nauseated by Food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3K7Qc6vW5Q#t=82

Breathtaking view of the Milky Way from the surface of Mars.

In a city neighborhood surrounding an old church lived a young man who had been born with no arms. Clever and gracious, the young man had many friends, but because of his handicap, little chance of obtaining employment, which made him very sad.

One day as he sat in church he heard the minister say that the church bell ringer was retiring and a replacement was needed. After the service, the young man approached the minister and inquired about the job opening. The minister looked at him kindly, but asked how he could possibly ring the bell. The young man asked the minister to accompany him to the top of the bell tower. Once there, he backed to the edge of the tower, ran forward, and smashed his head into the bell, which responded with a deep, ringing tone. After much conversation the minister agreed to give the young man a chance and so, at last, he found his calling and for many years afterward parishioners came to church to the sound of the young man's earnest efforts.

Until the fateful winter morning when the bell tower was coated in a slick glaze of ice. The no longer quite so young man made his usual running approach, but slipped at the last minute and slid off the edge of the tower and fell to the street below. As a crowd gathered round, a policeman rushed up and asked "Does anyone know this man?" After a moment, one of the bystanders replied " I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell."

Welcome GiantsForLife. Yeah, we pride ourselves in civility so don't worry about name calling or getting punched or kicked. 

BTW, we have at least one other Seattle area poster here, he goes by the handle of Rafael Sabatini. He's always in the game-day chatroom but only posts here occasionally.

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