The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Baseball
Which rules do you enforce Which rules do you enforce
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #22 (permalink)  
Old Fri May 29, 2009, 04:22am
Official Forum Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 224
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyg08 View Post
How many of you wait to give the pitcher the ball until the batter/runner crosses home plate? Sometimes I wait, sometimes I don't. What is your rationale for doing so? The PBUC and MLBUM says to wait until the runner crosses home plate before giving the pitcher a new ball.
Rumor has it that in the old days, a pitcher was given the ball before batter/runner crossed home plate, the pitcher got PO'd (maybe runner said something) and drilled the runner as he was headed home (or maybe another base). So, PBUC and MBLUM wait.
Last edited by tballump; Fri May 29, 2009 at 06:21am.
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Minnesota to Enforce Rules Jimgolf Basketball 23 Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:35am
Enforce or not??? Mike51 Football 5 Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:59am
does anyone enforce this? shipwreck Softball 5 Mon Jul 23, 2001 12:48pm
How do I enforce all this cr**? Whowefoolin Baseball 9 Fri Apr 20, 2001 09:17pm
Do YOU enforce this? JJ Baseball 2 Tue Mar 13, 2001 09:23pm


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:17am.

The Official Forum - Archive - Top


Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1