Batting out of order

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

The screen on the Dome should not have charged Hill with an AB,

Like that should matter.

[BJFan]

Thanks again for the explanation.

Can we expect MLB to get the stats right and charge Zaun with the AB and credit Hill with an ofer, or would that require an official protest by the Jays (which obviously will not happen)?

I read the rule last night and what I found most interesting is that any players who advanced during the illegal AB (by way of passed-ball, WP, steal, etc.) do not have to go back to where they were had the AB not happened.

MLB Gameday also got it wrong, but I would imagine they'd just follow the incorrect umpires ruling which is technically the "official" ruling.

[Forest Ump]

I have always thought that what is written in the J/R is a great way to determine the last legal batter in BOO appeals.

When an at bat has just been completed and the defense appeals that the offense has BOO, the plate umpire should:

1. Determine which players were the last two players to bat.

2. Acknowledge that the second last player to bat was (and always is) legal due to the pitch or pitches made to the player who batted after him.

3. Locate the second last batter's name on the lineup card. The player following him on the line up card is the proper batter; such proper batter was responsible for taking his place at bat as the last batter. [6.02a] If any other player batted, he was improper.

I have explained this to several people in my association and have gotten back glassy eyed stares. I don't know why. This makes great sense to me because it determines the last legal batter. Once that is established the penalties are easy to enforce.