Scoring question

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

That explanation sucks. The inability of a catcher to catch a pitched ball is not an error; ever. It is either a wild pitch or a passed ball, those categories exist for the sole purpose of describing when a catcher doesn't catch a pitch and runners advance as a result.

If the ball should have been caught, it is a passed ball, and the run scored is unearned. If the pitch was one that missed the target, or bounced, so that it isn't really the catcher's fault, it is a wild pitch and an earned run.

Answered only to close the thread, not because it belongs in an officials' site.

I would think this is how every set of scoring rules does it. I know Steve is right for OBR. (Yes, I've read OBR Rule 10. I often keep score when I go to watch games. There, I said it.)

That said,

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

It means...


Although there are a few umpires who give a flying crap about score keeping.. most do not.

You would do better and be sure of the advice you are getting from a scorekeeping site or a fan site.

Your question is for mommy's in straw hats, not umpires. The run scored robbing us of an well earned easy out. We can just hope it did not tie the game.

Wade's answer is my favorite.