[mbyron]

Had a strange ending to my tournament game tonight. Home team batting in the last inning, score tied at seven. Bases loaded, 1 out. Batter drills the ball to the gap in left, where it bounces over the fence. Walk-off ground rule double!

Clearly, they win. But what's the final score? The home scorekeeper wanted to score all 4 runs, but my partner announced the final score was 8-7 (he didn't see the ball clear the outfield fence). Since it could be important later in the tournament, I thought about this for a minute.

The coach wanted 2 runs because the bases were loaded, which seemed to me the right answer for the wrong reason: sure, the bases were loaded, but it's a dead-ball award, 2 bases. So we got it right, I think, and the final score was 9-7.

Who's seen a walk-off ground rule double?