Gameplay Situation I need a ruling on

[johnnyg08]

J/R advantageous 4th out appeal play page citations: 20,32,44,49,77,87

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

J/R advantageous 4th out appeal play page citations: 20,32,44,49,77,87

Here is the relevant portion of a post by someone identified as "Wendlestedt" at the Wendlestedt message board:

This is a base (first) never reached, not one which was not touched or not properly tagged up from. There is no appeal for never reaching a base. Unfortunately, neither Jaska and Roder have been in the game for sometime now, and even when they were, they were so analytical with the rules that they often failed to get what the rulebook intended for. That is what I expect happened in this case. They are what we call at umpire school "rule book lawyers".

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[starman]

I was not thinking of an appeal play. In the orignal play description, I was thining that the third baseman could throw to first to get a fourth out before the batter reaches first.

I just looked in the MLB rule book, and I confess that I did not find anything that clearly justifies this.

That is why I usually just read this board and keep my mouth shut

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by starman

I was thining that the third baseman could throw to first to get a fourth out before the batter reaches first.

"I'll do the thining around here, Babalooey!" - Quickdraw McGraw

[Rich]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

J/R advantageous 4th out appeal play page citations: 20,32,44,49,77,87

One citation I will happily ignore.