Would you ask for help?

[johnnyg08]

There's lots of easy outs in baseball.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Rules are based on fairness, mostly.

It's unfair to make a temporarily disabled man be a runner. Take one off the foot and you're temporarily disabled.

[mbyron]

So don't hit it off your foot. :shrug:

Seems akin to a let in tennis.

[David B]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

That would be a brutal rule. Batter breaks his leg after the ball hit him and now is out at 1B.

That would be nothing but trouble. But, speeds up the game b/c the catcher just has to tag the runner now. No need to throw it. And, imagine how many more DPs would occur b/c the catcher would just tag HP and tag the runner who is lying on the ground in pain next to him.

As I tell my teen age daughter, a little extreme. (tongue in cheek here now), I see lots of players laying on the ground after a batted ball hits them ...

Thanks
David

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by David B

As I tell my teen age daughter, a little extreme. (tongue in cheek here now), I see lots of players laying on the ground after a batted ball hits them ...

Thanks
David

You say extreme. An MLB player hit a ball off his shin or foot and fractured it several years ago. He was out for the rest of the year I believe. I can't remember his name but he was a former Braves player and went to the Indians I believe and that is where he did it. I can picture the face but not the name.

So, instead of applying it completely, it would have to be circumstantial. Who is faking and who is not? It would be a tough call.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

You say extreme. An MLB player hit a ball off his shin or foot and fractured it several years ago. He was out for the rest of the year I believe. I can't remember his name but he was a former Braves player and went to the Indians I believe and that is where he did it. I can picture the face but not the name.

Are you thinking of David Justice, by chance? He separated his shoulder at the beginning of his last season with Atlanta, then was traded to Cleveland along with Marquis Grissom.