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Originally Posted by BenedictArnold
I am confused by this thread. You said bases loaded and a walk to win the game? Right?
If that is the case, there is no issue of abandoning effort. Once ball four is declared, all runners are forced to advance to a base that they have been rightfully given. Under professional rules, that run scores no matter what the B/R or any other runner does. This is in both the OBR and the MLB umpire manual. ...BA
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Just in case BenedictArnold infected anyone else with his confusion regarding what the rules actually say in regard to this situation, I thought I would post what the MLBUM
actually does say on the question (since UMP25 and bobbybanaduck have already clarified the point about what the actual text of the rules says):
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4.11 GAME-WINNING RUNS
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Official Baseball Rule 4.09(b) provides that when the winning run is scored in the last half inning of a regulation game (or in the last half of an extra inning) as the result of a base on balls, hit batter or any other play with the bases full that forces the runner on third to advance, the umpire shall not declare the game ended until the runner forced to advance from third has touched home base and the batter-runner has touched first base. ...
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Other than his erroneous comments reagrding abandonment/desertion, I do find myself in agreement with the gist of the rest of his comments.
JM