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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
I think what Jim is getting at is that at the bottom of the inning in a tie score situation, one runner legally touching home means ball game. All other runners can miss bases, dance in circles or stand on their head for all we care. The defense can appeal all they want, but it won't do them any good as any appeal on a *succeeding* runner does not prevent the run from being counted.
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jim's expression of appreciation notwithstanding, what about mcrowder's points?
I know there is a
custom (especially in MLB) that in this situation the only runners that matter are R1 and the BR.
"By custom" is different from "by rule." jim said "by rule". What rule? And, the rule had better address that the other runners don't matter, or it is not the rule that pertains to what jim said was "by rule."