Home run?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by smbbcoach99

What is the correct call at this point- other than to tell the coach he is a bone head for allow the celebration before batter gets home.

Well, you could also tell the coach he's a bone head for allowing the celebration before R2 gets home -- because that's the run that matters.

So, two (more) outs and keep playing.

[greymule]

In 1959, Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves and lost in the 13th on a strange but related play. With Felix Mantilla (I think) on 2B and Hank Aaron on 1B and one out, Joe Adcock hit a ball over the left-center field fence. Mantilla scored the winning from 2B, but Aaron, thinking the ball had bounced over the chain link fence, ran in to celebrate the win and abandoned the basepaths. Aaron was called out and then (the next day) Adcock was deemed to have passed Aaron, so his run didn't count either. So the game ended 2-0 but was changed the next day to 1-0.

I don't know why Adcock's run was taken away, however. Aaron's out was only the second out and shouldn't have affected Adcock's run. (Adock couldn't have "passed" a runner already out.) I wish I knew the details.

[johnnyg08]

Interesting history. I'd like to see the replay of that.