Quote:
Originally posted by Tim C
In your original post you asked the penalty:
If for some reason an umpire starts up with less than the associated number of players in fair territory there can be no play and it is one (of three) do overs in the Official Rules of Baseball.
Example:
For some unknown reason when the defense takes the field F9 does not join them.
With a count of 2 balls and 1 strike (or any other count) the umpire relizes that F9 is not on the field.
Play starts from "scratch" and is a "do over" . . . even if outs are or made or runners successfully required base it is ALL a do over from the start of the inning.
As for straddling the base . . . there must be 100 or more threads on umpires boards across the internet covering the issue.
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Could you please cite a source for this ruling? I don't see an advantage gained by the defense by only having 8 players instead of 9.