Would you ask for help?

[Kevin Finnerty]

Rules are based on fairness, mostly.

It's unfair to make a temporarily disabled man be a runner. Take one off the foot and you're temporarily disabled.

[mbyron]

So don't hit it off your foot. :shrug:

Seems akin to a let in tennis.

[David B]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

That would be a brutal rule. Batter breaks his leg after the ball hit him and now is out at 1B.

That would be nothing but trouble. But, speeds up the game b/c the catcher just has to tag the runner now. No need to throw it. And, imagine how many more DPs would occur b/c the catcher would just tag HP and tag the runner who is lying on the ground in pain next to him.

As I tell my teen age daughter, a little extreme. (tongue in cheek here now), I see lots of players laying on the ground after a batted ball hits them ...

Thanks
David

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by David B

As I tell my teen age daughter, a little extreme. (tongue in cheek here now), I see lots of players laying on the ground after a batted ball hits them ...

Thanks
David

You say extreme. An MLB player hit a ball off his shin or foot and fractured it several years ago. He was out for the rest of the year I believe. I can't remember his name but he was a former Braves player and went to the Indians I believe and that is where he did it. I can picture the face but not the name.

So, instead of applying it completely, it would have to be circumstantial. Who is faking and who is not? It would be a tough call.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

You say extreme. An MLB player hit a ball off his shin or foot and fractured it several years ago. He was out for the rest of the year I believe. I can't remember his name but he was a former Braves player and went to the Indians I believe and that is where he did it. I can picture the face but not the name.

Are you thinking of David Justice, by chance? He separated his shoulder at the beginning of his last season with Atlanta, then was traded to Cleveland along with Marquis Grissom.

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Are you thinking of David Justice, by chance? He separated his shoulder at the beginning of his last season with Atlanta, then was traded to Cleveland along with Marquis Grissom.

No. After going through some old rosters, it was Jermaine Dye. He hit one off the inside of his leg/foot and fractured/broke something. He went down fast.

[David B]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

No. After going through some old rosters, it was Jermaine Dye. He hit one off the inside of his leg/foot and fractured/broke something. He went down fast.

Come to think of it, Justice "went down fast" also after he left the Braves ...

Thanks
David

[NFump]

Did it hit his foot or no?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by David B

Come to think of it, Justice "went down fast" also after he left the Braves ...

Thanks
David

Just to set the record straight, David Justice's first year after being traded from the Braves to the Indians, 1997, he batted .329, hit 33 home runs with a .418 on-base percentage and a .596 slugging average. The Indians went to the World Series that year too. He had good years in 1998 and 1999, and in 2000 he batted .286, slugged .584, and hit 41 homers and had 118 RBI.

[Kevin Finnerty]

And even more spectacular than that, he was married to Halle Berry.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

No. After going through some old rosters, it was Jermaine Dye. He hit one off the inside of his leg/foot and fractured/broke something. He went down fast.

He did it in the playoffs while playing for the A's, I believe.