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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
You don't need logic, you need the scoring rules.
10.05
(b) The official scorer shall not credit a base hit when a:
(1) runner is forced out by a batted ball, or would have been forced out except for a fielding error;
(2) batter apparently hits safely and a runner who is forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner fails to touch the first base to which such runner is advancing and is called out on appeal. The official scorer shall charge the batter with a time at bat but no hit;
People get upset when a poster continues to argue against a black-and-white-by-the-rules ruling.
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