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Guest Plumie09
Had an interesting play in a game tonight and wanted to get some clarification on it. The situation was 2 outs, runner on third. The batter walked. After receiving ball 4, the batter takes off and continues to round first and go for second. The pitcher makes a fake towards the runner going to second and catches the runner at 3rd in a pickle. The throw to third gets by the third baseman, allowing the runner to score. The runner who just walked runs to third and continues to score. The result was 2 runs scored. However, the team appeals to first that the batter missed firstbase - the umpire calls him out for missing the base.
My question is, should the run count? I don't think it should, but wanted to see the actual verbiage of the rule that confirms it. Was the play dead since the batter missed first and therefore the run from 3rd isn't allowed?
Thanks for the help clarifying!
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As usual, Maven has it nailed. I had a very similar play a couple of weeks ago, EXCEPT we were under FED rules and the batter had been walked INTENTIONALLY, so I had called TIME before sending ba
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The other thought would be: pitching an intentional walk is a waste of time, effort, and a pointless opportunity for mishap that doesn't advance the game. Also, the live-ball appeal procedure is
Man_In_Black
Do you subscribe to this thought? I sure don't. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen situations like this unfold: 1) R2 and R3 with less than two outs. Defense wants to issue an
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