Harvey Haddix' famous game

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". Aaron, thinking the ball to be in play, stopped running between 2B and 3B when he saw Mantilla score the winning run. Aaron then started toward the dugout and was called out for abandoning his effort." "However, upon reviewing the play, NL president Warren Giles ruled that Adcock should have been called out for passing Aaron between 2B and 3B."

Read your statement. Aaron stopped between 2B & 3B. Adcock passed Aaron. Aaron was called out when he headed for the dugout. Adcock was out BEFORE Aaron technically abandonded his effort.

However, if Aaron was called out BEFORE Adcock passed him, the ruling by Giles was erroneous. OBR 7.08...Even though an out is called, the ball remains in play in regard to any other runner. This rule also covers the following and similar plays: Less than two out, score tied last of ninth inning, runner on first, batter hits a ball out of park for winning run, the runner on first passes second and thinking the home run automatically wins the game, cuts across diamond toward his bench as batter runner circles bases. In this case, the base runner would be called out "for abandoning his effort to touch the next base" and batter runner permitted to continue around bases to make his home run valid. If there are two out, home run would not count (see Rule 7.12). 7.12 Unless two are out, the status of a following runner is not affected by a preceding runner's failure to touch or retouch a base. If, upon appeal, the preceding runner is the third out, no runners following him shall score. If such third out is the result of a force play, neither preceding nor following runners shall score.

"However, upon reviewing the play, NL president Warren Giles ruled that Adcock should have been called out for passing Aaron between 2B and 3B. So Adcock was credited only with a double, and the official score was changed to 1-0."

Since Mantilla scored before the outs on Aaron and Adcock, the ruling was correct.

Bob