BOO! Houston, we have a problem....

tornado

Cecil must not read the papers...

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jwwashburn

The announcer actually knew that the correct batter should be out.

mbyron

jwwashburn wrote
The announcer actually knew that the correct batter should be out.

Even a blind squirrel... 😀

JPaco54

Why did Bourn bat again? Should not the next person after Bourne bat, the #3 hitter in the line up? Matsui is out, Bourn had batted and hit a single. I thought by rule you role to the next batter in the line up?:confused:

Any advance, run scored, by the improper batter after an appeal, is NULLIFIED, therefore, the next proper batter is Bourn, who gets to bat again. Did I answer my own question?

UmpJM

JPaco,

When a BOOT is properly appealed, the Proper batter is called out and the player who follows the proper batter (NOT the improper batter) in the lineup is the next proper batter.

bob jenkins

JPaco54 wrote
Why did Bourn bat again? Should not the next person after Bourne bat, the #3 hitter in the line up? Matsui is out, Bourn had batted and hit a single. I thought by rule you role to the next batter in the line up?:confused:

Any advance, run scored, by the improper batter after an appeal, is NULLIFIED, therefore, the next proper batter is Bourn, who gets to bat again. Did I answer my own question?

It's called BOO or BOOT, but it should be called BTSTBWIYT.

Being Too Stupid To Bat When It's Your Turn.

That makes the enfocement easy (or easier).

johnnyg08

So, I've read the rule, read a few case plays and I have a headache after reading Abel, Baker, Casey, Duncan, etc...after the appeal of the BOO, why did the hitter who just hit a single, have to come back and hit again? Thanks guys.

bob jenkins

johnnyg08 wrote
So, I've read the rule, read a few case plays and I have a headache after reading Abel, Baker, Casey, Duncan, etc...after the appeal of the BOO, why did the hitter who just hit a single, have to come back and hit again? Thanks guys.

OMFG.

Who was out? (The player who was too stupid to bat.)

Who bats after a player end his turn? (The next player in the lineup).

Who was the next player? (The player who batted out of turn)

FTVMartin

Matsui is out for not batting in the right spot. Bourn (regardless of what he did while at the plate) is the batter who should follow matsui so he had to bat again.

SanDiegoSteve

I think the entire BOO rule needs a rewrite. Take out all the Abel, Baker, Casey crap and replace it with what Bob just wrote. Including "OMFG" as the caption.

jwwashburn

bob jenkins wrote
OMFG.

Who was out? (The player who was too stupid to bat.)

Who bats after a player end his turn? (The next player in the lineup).

Who was the next player? (The player who batted out of turn)

In OMFG...does the G stand for God? Does the F stand for THE F word with an ING?

johnnyg08

yes

SanDiegoSteve

jwwashburn wrote
In OMFG...does the G stand for God? Does the F stand for THE F word aith an ING?

I hope it stands for 'Gosh.' And 'Freakin.'

jwwashburn

I am waiting for an answer before I give my opinion of it.

cc6

bob jenkins wrote
OMFG.

Who was out? (The player who was too stupid to bat.)

Who bats after a player end his turn? (The next player in the lineup).

Who was the next player? (The player who batted out of turn)

A bit drunk?

bob jenkins

cc6 wrote
A bit drunk?

I posted it around noon. I was not drunk, nor had I been drinking. I am not canadian.

DonInKansas

Oh snap! 😀

jwwashburn

bob jenkins wrote
OMFG.

Since you will not respond, I assume that OMFG meant what I thought it meant.

You do realize how remarkably obscene and offensive that is don't you? If you do not already realize that, you are stupid. Otherwise, you are a cretin.

Joe in Missouri

Ump153

jwwashburn wrote
Since you will not respond, I assume that OMFG meant what I thought it meant.

You do realize how remarkably obscene and offensive that is don't you? If you do not already realize that, you are stupid. Otherwise, you are a cretin.

Joe in Missouri

Lighten up, Francis.

jwwashburn

Ump153 wrote
Lighten up, Francis.

Nope. Not on this. Public obscenity has gone way to far. I will not sit back silently when cretins use such filth, either.

There is no excuse for it.