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Originally posted by thumpferee
Is it just me Bob, or you just like busting my balls?
[Edited by thumpferee on May 19th, 2003 at 02:17 PM]
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I can't answer the first part, but the second is not true.
I'm just trying to give accurate answers to the questions posed.
The original situation was (all sections paraphrased):
Under
NFHS rules, who must advance on a game winning hit?
You responded, "R3 and BR" and said you "might be mistaken."
I pointed out that you're ruling *might* be right under OBR (depending on the meaning of "any other play"*), (ref: 4.09(b)), but was clearly wrong under FED, where all runners must advance (ref: 9-1-1 Note 2).
Since I didn't give the reference in my answer, you asked for it -- but you also provided it in your post. So I was confused -- did you read it differently that I did (all runners must advance)?
That's it -- no "ball busting" involved.
* "Any other play" -- under OBR, some read this as "on an award, there's no sense waiting around for the inevitable since the defense can't make a play anyway, so we'll just require BR and R3 to advance. But, on a hit, we'll require all runners to advane or be liable to be called out for abandonment, and maybe appealed out for missing a base."
Other read it as " 'any other play' means just that -- ANY play -- we'll only require R3 and BR to advance no matter what."
I'd guess J/R and / or JEA might have some insight on that.