Defensive Intentional Drop

[PeteBooth]

Originally Posted by tibear

OK, I think I understand now. I didn't notice the "without touching it" part.

An infielder will let the ball drop untouched to the ground if he notices that B1 did not run to first base. Beltran of the Mets comes to mind.

With a runner on first ONLY. If B1 hits a pop up, he should be heading towards first base. If the infielder lets the ball drop untouched to the ground, then there is a risk of a bad throw etc. to retire R1, therefore with R1 only, an infelder for all practical purposes will only let the ball drop untouched to the ground if he sees that B1 didn't run to first base.

if the defense does turn a DP, then shame on B1 for not running like he supposed to.

Pete Booth

[TussAgee11]

Or, Pete, when they want to exchange runners, i.e. Ricky Henderson is on 1st and Matt Nokes is at the plate... LOL. They may drop it intentionally just to try to get the one out at second, and exchange a slower runner.

[DG]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Or, Pete, when they want to exchange runners, i.e. Ricky Henderson is on 1st and Matt Nokes is at the plate... LOL. They may drop it intentionally just to try to get the one out at second, and exchange a slower runner.

It will not work it it's an intentional drop. The BU will be on his game and call it immediately.

[TussAgee11]

Hopefully, you would be correct