What's the ruling?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by rcaverly

I wasn't there. I just visualized the ball somehow ending up under the helmet and the fielder not knowing where it was. I pictured the fielder frantically looking around for the ball while the base coach was yelling at his runner, having just had his "bell rung" and also oblivious to the location of the ball.

umpjim couldn't find a cite, so I offered what I found.

And F5's teammates weren't helping him?

[rcaverly]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

And F5's teammates weren't helping him?

Sadly, no, they didn't.

Later, after the game, F7 tried his best to console F5, but to no avail. F5 stuck to his position that somehow the umpire was the cause of that one run scoring and tried to run both officials and some others over with his car in the parking lot.

F5 was subsequently arrested for reckless endangerment and jailed while waiting to make bail. Late that night when they went to finally release him from his cell, he had somehow disappeared without a trace. Others who were in close proximity to his cell said that they saw a bright light and subsequently lost consciousness. When they came to, he was gone.

F2 and F8 in an early morning press conference explained that they were no longer going to play baseball. Instead they were both going to begin studying transcendentalism in officiating, specifically rulings on third-world plays during night games.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by rcaverly

Sadly, no, they didn't.

Later, after the game, F7 tried his best to console F5, but to no avail. F5 stuck to his position that somehow the umpire was the cause of that one run scoring and tried to run both officials and some others over with his car in the parking lot.

F5 was subsequently arrested for reckless endangerment and jailed while waiting to make bail. Late that night when they went to finally release him from his cell, he had somehow disappeared without a trace. Others who were in close proximity to his cell said that they saw a bright light and subsequently lost consciousness. When they came to, he was gone.

F2 and F8 in an early morning press conference explained that they were no longer going to play baseball. Instead they were both going to begin studying transcendentalism in officiating, specifically rulings on third-world plays during night games.

F5 was Jesus? Must have also batted low in the order, since he couldn't hit a curveball.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rcaverly

Sadly, no, they didn't.

Later, after the game, F7 tried his best to console F5, but to no avail. F5 stuck to his position that somehow the umpire was the cause of that one run scoring and tried to run both officials and some others over with his car in the parking lot.

F5 was subsequently arrested for reckless endangerment and jailed while waiting to make bail. Late that night when they went to finally release him from his cell, he had somehow disappeared without a trace. Others who were in close proximity to his cell said that they saw a bright light and subsequently lost consciousness. When they came to, he was gone.

F2 and F8 in an early morning press conference explained that they were no longer going to play baseball. Instead they were both going to begin studying transcendentalism in officiating, specifically rulings on third-world plays during night games.

Well that escalated quickly.