50 Myths about baseball

[Aging_Arbiter]

Does anyone have the "50 myths" in a word doc that they could send me?  I searched on here but could not find it.

[johnnyg08]

2 minutes ago, Aging_Arbiter said:

Does anyone have the "50 myths" in a word doc that they could send me?  I searched on here but could not find it.

Not a .doc but this? 

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/limyth.shtml

[Kevin_K]

Or maybe this?

 

[Jimurray]

22 hours ago, johnnyg08 said:

Not a .doc but this? 

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/limyth.shtml

 

8 hours ago, Kevin_K said:

Or maybe this?

 

i haven't even looked at the lists but suspect one, "tie goes to the runner", is on the lists and would be incorrect depending on the code and the base.

[Velho]

14 minutes ago, Jimurray said:

8 hours ago, Kevin_K said:

Or maybe this?

 

i haven't even looked at the lists but suspect one, "tie goes to the runner", is on the lists and would be incorrect depending on the code and the base.

Oh ye of little faith 😁

[SeeingEyeDog]

51) Mandating navy colored shirts is the umpire's most favorite thing ever.

On second thought...you could do 50 myths about umpires and umpiring alone...

~Dawg

[Mudisfun]

Do your search for the 40 myths... that seems to be the sweet spot for this type of document.

[beerguy55]

On 2/23/2024 at 6:18 PM, Velho said:

Oh ye of little faith

The underlying principle and spirit in the history of baseball is that a runner is out if they are tagged while off the base...and, if they are tagged while on the base, they are safe...ergo, a tie MUST go to the runner.

As I've said before, they can have a tie in the Olympic marathon to three decimals place, but you can't have a tie to 90 feet in baseball.

If you want to get really technical about it, if you get to the molecular level then yes, there won't be a tie, per se...but there will also never be contact...at the molecular level the ball never touches the glove, the glove never touches the runner, the runner never touches the base.  You'd never get out of the first inning - the offense would score infinitely and you'd never get them out...they'd never touch any bases, but you'd never be able to complete any appeals....except in FED.

[jms1425]

20 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

... If you want to get really technical about it, if you get to the molecular level then yes, there won't be a tie, per se...but there will also never be contact...at the molecular level the ball never touches the glove, the glove never touches the runner, the runner never touches the base.  You'd never get out of the first inning - the offense would score infinitely and you'd never get them out...they'd never touch any bases, but you'd never be able to complete any appeals....except in FED.

 

[SeeingEyeDog]

20 hours ago, beerguy55 said:

The underlying principle and spirit in the history of baseball is that a runner is out if they are tagged while off the base...and, if they are tagged while on the base, they are safe...ergo, a tie MUST go to the runner.

As I've said before, they can have a tie in the Olympic marathon to three decimals place, but you can't have a tie to 90 feet in baseball.

If you want to get really technical about it, if you get to the molecular level then yes, there won't be a tie, per se...but there will also never be contact...at the molecular level the ball never touches the glove, the glove never touches the runner, the runner never touches the base.  You'd never get out of the first inning - the offense would score infinitely and you'd never get them out...they'd never touch any bases, but you'd never be able to complete any appeals....except in FED.

Bobby Oppenheimer, everybody!

~Dawg