Fri Mar 23, 2001, 06:25pm
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by rex
I've got to be a Jackbull on this one.
OBR-- R2, R3 two outs. R3 scores R2 is thrown out. B/R doesn't touch first.
Gentlemen, (and that's using the term loosely)
There is talk of an interpretation in the J/R that says we can have a fourth out on this play. I am unable to find said interpretation. Somebody please help.
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J/R, 95 ed, p. 47.
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There is also talk of a PBUC ruling supporting (or visa versa) this ruling. I am unable to find that also.
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Mike Fitzpatrick, Director, PBUC: email and phone call, 1/27/00, to Carl Childress.
But the important part is not that the B-R didn't touch first; that's an easy appeal and nothing unusual. The situation is: B-R never advanced to first. He simply quit running.
Both J/R and PBUC cancel R3's run when the defense plays on a B-R who did not run out his hit, even though three outs have already been registered.
If you don't like the ruling, take up your complaint with professional baseball, not me. I am not the message.
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I saw a similar thread on another board and I think the focus was on FED ball and whether or not the umpire should automatically call this a fourth out. Some were of the opinion that neither the BU or the PU should "see" it since they would be obligated in FED to call the missed base without appeal. I am glad I no longer do FED ball but I am also encouraged to hear that in softball FED now requires the appeal. Jim Simms/NYC
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