Forum: Baseball
Wed Aug 04, 2010, 04:40pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,582
Minute Maid Park in Houston has a flag pole...
Minute Maid Park in Houston has a flag pole inside the fence in deep center field, which is also on a steeply sloping "terrace". I don't have the details, but a few years ago, a fly ball hit the...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat May 08, 2010, 08:56am
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,101
A Similar Situation
At a game where I was a spectator, the wind was blowing strongly from home toward center field. IF situation; batter hits a pop "foul" directly behind the plate. It appeared that it would be well...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Feb 02, 2010, 04:48pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,176
Both teams guilty
The situation immediately after the double play is likely:
R3 has crossed and hopefully touched home.
R2 is in third.
There are 2 outs.
When both teams leave the field, R2...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Dec 21, 2009, 10:31am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,350
Baseball people
So Buck O'Neill is not a "Baseball person". I would be intetrested in hearing your definition of what comprises a true baseball person.
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Dec 20, 2009, 03:43pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,221
The simple solution - that will never be...
The simple solution - that will never be implemented - is to reduce the 2-minute delay between innings mandated for commercials. MLB talks out of both sides of their mouth. They want to speed up...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Dec 20, 2009, 03:35pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,350
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Dec 14, 2009, 03:01pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,438
Pet Peeve
That is one of my MAJOR pet peeves! Only when it comes from the field or benches. The fans pay their money and get to say (almost) anything they want. But when it comes from any of the...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Aug 29, 2009, 09:46am
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,086
Brutal plate umpire
The PU in the China-Mexico game had the worst strike zone I have ever seen in a game using instant replay. The third strike call on the left-handed batter when the pitched ball crossed the middle of...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Jun 30, 2009, 03:07pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,470
No force play
The OP could not possibly have been a force play. A prededing runner was safe at home and the nest runner was standing on 3rd. The following runner standing on 3rd HAD to be either R1 or BR. No...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Jun 26, 2009, 10:12am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,468
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Jun 26, 2009, 09:57am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,468
This is one of the great myths of baseball. ...
This is one of the great myths of baseball. Unless he makes afeint or an attempt to go to second and immediately returns to first base, it makes NO difference whether he turns to his right or his...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jun 15, 2009, 12:27pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,778
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Jun 12, 2009, 07:24am
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Replies: 148
Views: 9,550
The Reason for Having Umpires
Paraphrasing Carl Childress:
"The reason for having umpires is to prevent either team from taking unfair advantage of the rules."
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Forum: Baseball
Tue May 05, 2009, 09:55am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,308
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Forum: Baseball
Tue May 05, 2009, 09:47am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,308
Ankiel injury - Catch/No-catch?
In last nights Cardinal game, Rick Ankiel made another amazing dive and catch (?) immediately followed by a crash into the left-CF wall. The ball popped out of his glove, and the left fielder picked...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Apr 20, 2009, 08:37am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,694
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Apr 20, 2009, 08:36am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,908
The batter must "offer" at the ball - that is,...
The batter must "offer" at the ball - that is, move the bat toward the ball in some manner. Merely holding the bat in the strike zone does NOT call for a strike on a pitch that is not in the strike...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Apr 11, 2009, 07:25am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,100
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Mar 30, 2009, 11:31am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,796
But if the Batter makes contact and makes it...
But if the Batter makes contact and makes it safely to first (and all other runners safely advance one base), the balk is ignored, and the ball is live.
MLB rules. In FED, any balk is an...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Feb 23, 2009, 07:20pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,037
R1 at 3rd
I agree that this is bad terminology, but I merely used cut-and-paste to forward the question I was asked.
It probably came from an NFHS test, therefore the confusing terminology.
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Feb 23, 2009, 07:04pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,037
Does this run score?
Not an actual situation, but a play that came up in a rules discussion - NFHS rules:
R1 at 3rd, R2 at 2nd with 1 out. B1 hits a fly ball to center field. CF catches the ball for out number 2, R1...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Feb 12, 2009, 08:06am
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,602
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Feb 11, 2009, 12:12pm
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Replies: 95
Views: 16,833
What gives?
When I check the NFHS site, #3 is not listed. Did you get a different memo that what is posted on the NFHS site? Is NFHS deliberately trying to muddy the waters?
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Oct 30, 2008, 01:19pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,400
"Play" after dead ball
If ou don't sak "Play" or signal to the pitcher so that all can see after EVERY dead ball, you run the risk of having a pickoff play (or worse a hidden ball trick) with a dead ball. It doesn't take...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Oct 29, 2008, 06:50am
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Replies: 62
Views: 5,963
Infield fly or foul ball?
I saw this happen in a game I was watching a few years ago:
R1 & R2 less than 2 out. Batter hits a high pop fly behind home plate. Catcher overruns it and the ball falls untouched in foul...
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