Dropped third strike

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Giving Ozzy the benefit of the doubt, what if one of the umpires who is offering one of the 'other' opinions is working the plate?

He'd still be wrong, but that probably doesn't answer your question. What are you asking?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Not only can the catcher just touch home plate, he can also throw to 2nd or 3rd if he wants to. Whatever is easier for him. It's just like any other force play.

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Not only can the catcher just touch home plate, he can also throw to 2nd or 3rd if he wants to. Whatever is easier for him. It's just like any other force play.

What would be easier than stepping on home plate? Seems to me that throwing to any base would possibly cause a problem; i.e. wild throw, mishandled catch.

Bob

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

What would be easier than stepping on home plate? Seems to me that throwing to any base would possibly cause a problem; i.e. wild throw, mishandled catch.

Bob

I did not mean to infer that anything would be easier than stepping on the plate. I was merely illustrating the force at any base opportunity. Like say the 3rd strike bounced away from the catcher, R3 was running on the pitch, touched home before F2 can return to touch home, but F2 sees that R2 fell asleep and did not run, so he throws to 3rd for the out. This way, he prevents R3's run from counting.