Roger posted: "Obstruction on a preceding runner delays their score until the following runner is put out for the 3rd out.
"(Of course, you could consider that an 'award.')"
Brings up a play I never thought of: R1 on 1B, 2 outs. B2 gets a hit that F9 cuts off in fairly deep center field. R1 rounds 3B and crashes into F5 a moment before B2 is tagged out sliding into 2B.
I guess you have to count R1 as scoring, unless you believe he was simply rounding and wasn't making a real attempt. I suspect that very few umps would score that run, though.
PS. IrishMafia: Sorry for crediting the wrong source for the "good point." I will edit my previous post accordingly. Also, how literally do you think we have to take "passing a runner occurs during a live ball"? Does it mean that when the ball is dead, no runner can be called for passing another runner? If so, ASA has a lot of case book revision to do.
__________________
greymule
More whiskey—and fresh horses for my men!
Roll Tide!
|