Game winning plays
Situations with 2 outs in the bottom of the last inning and the score tied:
1) Bases loaded and batter hits a single. Must all runners touch their advance base or be subject to appeal? 2) Bases loaded and batter walks. Same question. 3) R1, R3. Batter singles R3 in to win the game. Must BR and R1 touch their advance base? Thanks |
1. yes
2. no. only the B/R and R3 must advance and touch 3. yes |
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I thought abandoning the bases was not an appeal play.
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Isn't it nice when everyone is right? :) |
iirc (and I might not), one of the "authoritative opinions" has it that abandonment is *always* a timing play (not a force out). The defense can then, of course, appeal the out (generally getting the ball and stepping on the base) and the appeal will be granted -- and if this is a force out, then the force out is an "advantageous fourth out."
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Yes, it meets the requirement of 2.00 Force Play. Hooray. But there is no mechanism to retire the runners WITHOUT ABANDONMENT, which is my point that you ignored from my post. Hold the ball all day there and it's still the abandonment that prompts the umpire to uphold the appeal. |
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While technically a force play is in effect, a walk is an AWARD. A runner simply needs to advance and touch his next base. Runners are not affected by the actions of following runners, so R3 would score the winning run no matter what the other runners may do. FED differs on this from OBR & NCAA |
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OBR clearly cares less so long as R3 legally advances and touches HP. No appeals, no abandonment. If you just can't get your head around that fine. Be prepared to grab the dirty end with both hands. |
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