run down & following runner

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by LMan

Or, he'll say he called whatever the majority opinion here was

I'm REALLY hoping there is no "minority view" on this one: which is what makes me think the the OP'er got it wrong. Why post something this obvious, unless you think you were very clever in "finding" an obscure rule application with an unusual outcome?
We'll see, I guess, he's not been back to drop the other shoe yet.......

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by cbfoulds

I'm REALLY hoping there is no "minority view" on this one: which is what makes me think the the OP'er got it wrong. Why post something this obvious, unless you think you were very clever in "finding" an obscure rule application with an unusual outcome?
We'll see, I guess, he's not been back to drop the other shoe yet.......

I bet we'll see the phrase "Travesty of the game" before this thread is through...

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I bet we'll see the phrase "Travesty of the game" before this thread is through...

is that the corollary to the rule on 'how many posts in a thread before the word 'Hitler' is used?'

[SanDiegoSteve]

Hitler just called from his bunker and said it was a total travesty of the game, and he's kicking Eva Braun out of the bunker.


I had post #14 in the pool...

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Hitler just called from his bunker and said it was a total travesty of the game, and he's kicking Eva Braun out of the bunker.


I had post #14 in the pool...

Hey isn't that a violation of the 18th Amendment?

[UMP25]

This reminded me of an actual play that occurred during an NCAA game this spring. I swear it, this weird schit always happens in MY games (and no comment needed from you, Mr. Jenkins)...

I'm working the dish. Runners on second and third with 1 out when the batter hits the ball to a drawn in third baseman. R3 heads toward home and gets into a rundown between home and third. Meanwhile, R2 heads toward third and the batter-runner is trotting around first on his way to second.

R3 makes it back to third and is on the base, but so is R2. The defense tags R3 while he's on the base, then as they go to tag R2, HE walks off the base and runs back to second (the batter-runner is standing there). When the defense had tagged R3 on third base, my partner immediately declares him out as R2 runs back toward second and R3 proceeds to come home and cross the plate; but we're not finished here. R2 is tagged out on his way back to second, and the defense walks off the field figuring there are three outs. But are there?

Feel free to comment and I'll fill you in on what I did on this play.

[Steven Tyler]

I would hope you left R3 on third and B/R on second and corrected your partners mistake.

[tibear]

Of course, if the offence doesn't do anything you don't do anything but I have a feeling any half decent manager is coming out to discuss the situation.

As the manager is coming out, I would call time and immediately call over the BU to discuss the situation. Inform him that R3 would have been safe when he was tagged on third base because he is has precendence to the bag ahead of R2. Then let him reverse his out call of R3.

At the end I would have BR at second base, 2 outs and run scored.

The defense may complain but ignorance of the rules isn't a defense. (Even if one of the umpires doesn't know the rule.)