Another Room-temp IQ coach

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by aceholleran

*SNIP*
Nicerat: What about the obstruction?
Me: There's no need for an award. The runner made it to third on his own.
N: No, you have to give my guy at third home plate, plus erase the out on the runner ahead of him and give him home on the obstruction.
M: No, the kid that got in the pickle wasn't obstructed. His out stands.
N: Well, I don't think so. My guy has to be forced home on the obstruction; and by the way, why didn't you call "time" when the obstruction occurred?
*SNIP*
A real first for me and another addition to the CS&FP rulebook: The Dreaded Unobstructed Runner Gets Huge Gift Syndrome.

Ace Holleran

I like the bit about the obstruction "forcing" the preceding runner home, as if everyone on the bases got a free pass to the next base! On the field I sometimes have trouble stifling a snicker at these creative touches.

[RPatrino]

Another one of my all time favorites.

Pitch bounces in the dirt but the batter swings anyway and ropes a gapper double, scoring 2 runs. Defensive coach comes running out yelling, "that ball is dead, that ball is dead, you're killing me blue". I call him down, and i ask him what he is talking about, he says, " a ball in the dirt is a dead ball, everyone knows that, blue..." I reply, "ok, next time you have a runner on third and the ball hits the dirt, i won't let him score." He gets this blank look on his face and without saying a word, turns and walks away.

I probably should have tossed him, but he was always so much fun!!

[Fritz]

I used the exact same logic last night; had a team win a game Sun afternoon when the winning run scored on a past ball in the bottom of the last inning.

Last night, had the same team, again a tie game late, and their pitcher bounced one in and hit the batter - putting the winning run on base. Out the coach comes to argue the dead ball issue. I politely said it wasn't a dead ball and when he pushed the argument back I simply asked him if he wanted to go replay the previous day's game and put his "winning run" back at 3rd.

End of argument!

[mbyron]

OK, I apologize for picking nits, but I've seen this about five times in the last three days: the proper scoring term is 'passed ball' -- a 'past ball' is one from yesteryear, I guess, or some other metaphysically odd entity.

If you think I'm making this up, you might look here.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Or a 'passed ball' is one which has become recently deceased.

If you think I'm making this up, you might look here: