Scoring Question

[CajunNewBlue]

yeah but baseball is so "hard" to call... with all their rules and stuff.

[Skahtboi]

Fielder’s Choice: A fielder fielding a ground ball and attempting to
put out a preceding base runner rather than the batter-runner at first when
a throw to first base would have put out the batter-runner.

A hit is credited to the batter when:

On a ball that reaches the outfield untouched by an infielder, unless
the ball should have been handled by an infielder with ordinary effort
(e.g., ball between the legs).

(Source; NCAA 2009 Softball Rules and Interpretations)

So, there is a decision that needs to be made in the OP. Could the ball have been played upon by an infielder? Could the outfielder have thrown the BR out at first? If there could have been no out at first, no matter what, then the batter is credited with a hit and F7 is credited with a putout. That seems to me to be the most likely outcome of the OP.

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

So, there is a decision that needs to be made in the OP. Could the ball have been played upon by an infielder? Could the outfielder have thrown the BR out at first? If there could have been no out at first, no matter what, then the batter is credited with a hit and F7 is credited with a putout. That seems to me to be the most likely outcome of the OP.

And decisions is why there's usually a PAID scorer at the major league, minor league, and big-time collegiate levels of baseball, and at the big-time collegiate levels of softball. They are PAID to make those decisions, just like we blues are PAID to make decisions on the field. Does anyone like getting PAID to decide stuff?

(It's Friday, and the smarta** in me just wanted to say something smarta**ed before the weekend dulls my mind for Monday morning thus the caps PAID!)

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

and at the big-time collegiate levels of softball. They are PAID to make those decisions,

Yeah, and God help that poor student if s/he gets one wrong in the coach's mind!!!

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Yeah, and God help that poor student if s/he gets one wrong in the coach's mind!!!

And in this economy, a PAY cut may just happen to the poor sap!

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

And decisions is why there's usually a PAID scorer at the major league, minor league, and big-time collegiate levels of baseball, and at the big-time collegiate levels of softball. They are PAID to make those decisions, just like we blues are PAID to make decisions on the field. Does anyone like getting PAID to decide stuff?

And the PAID scorer at my city's minor league stadium has made some really questionable decisions. Not worse than the decisions I made in yesterday's game, though...

Originally Posted by SethPDX

And the PAID scorer at my city's minor league stadium has made some really questionable decisions. Not worse than the decisions I made in yesterday's game, though...

For which you were paid

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

For which you were paid

Well, both teams were pretty exasperated with our performance, but at least we called it both ways.