http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9390184/doug-glanville-baseball-rules-quiz-results
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
Salute to Brad Ziegler. Wow.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Never heard of this play before. Similar situation to the one Tracer Hand posted about above where a force is no longer in place after a putout at first. Interesting that Mantle knew he could go back to first base:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/sports/baseball/01mantle.html?_r=0
― timellison, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, if the Yankees had won that series then it would have been one of the more talked about plays ever. Johnny Damon had that crazy baserunning play that helped them to win Game 4 in '09 and turn the Series around (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4615712) , but a) it wasn't Game 7, b) Damon isn't Mickey Mantle.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
What is the dumbest rule?
http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/8/2/4583006/baseball-dumbest-rule-robby-thompson-mariners
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
alter the rulebook strike zone? a bridge too far
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--mlb-could-alter-strike-zone-as-response-to-declining-offense-232940947.html
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
i'm fine with changing it back to the top of the knee. the bottom of the knee standard was the result of a recent rule change too, and god knows offense has to be increased somehow. either this or aluminum bats i guess
― sae nnwurd - throw sum mo ka (k3vin k.), Friday, 13 February 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Inspired by Craig Counsell looking and dressing like a thirty year old college dropout during this year's playoffs: when did this trend of managers wearing playoff-themed team sweatshirts start? I have strong memories of it in the 2015 playoffs, but I think it started a few years earlier than that?
A quick search reveals nothing in the rulebook specifically mandating that a manager must be in full uniform -- coaches, yes, because they stand on the field of play during games.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 21 October 2018 08:01 (five years ago) link
I'm interested in who picks the dumbass two-word hoodie/sweatshirt slogans. Is there a team vote?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
last weekend manny machado made this crazy juggling catch in foul territory against colorado
all the replays i can find now feature the padres broadcast, but at the time i swear i saw a different broadcast clip (presumably that of the rockies) in which the color guy says that the man on third could have tagged up and scored the instant machado first touched the ball -- as opposed to when he finally caught it
this is correct and i had no idea, so good on whoever the rockies color guy is
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 June 2023 00:05 (ten months ago) link
bases loaded, batter weakly pops it in front of the first baseman, ball lands fair, bounces foul.infield fly is called, batter out.is that the correct call?
― francisF, Thursday, 27 July 2023 00:50 (eight months ago) link
Without checking, I think so. The infield fly is in effect with fewer than two outs; once that's called, I think it's a dead ball.
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 July 2023 01:10 (eight months ago) link
You didn't say how many were out.
https://www.littleleague.org/university/articles/explanation-infield-fly-rule/#:~:text=Rule%202.00,occupied%20before%20two%20are%20out.
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:08 (eight months ago) link
I'm wrong about it being a dead ball.
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:09 (eight months ago) link
Sounds correct to me. The batter is out because of the infield fly rule, and the runners can advance at their own risk.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 27 July 2023 09:34 (eight months ago) link
ok here’s the key sentence for me in that link:“If the hit becomes a foul ball, it is treated the same as any foul ball.”Less than 2 outs is all i remember (it was from my softball game last night btw). that’s just a foul ball then, yeah?
― francisF, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:42 (eight months ago) link
that’s the crux of it for me, i could’ve made it simpler.infield fly was called, and i after, i go “what a second, it went foul!”. guy on the other team said definitely in support of the call, “yeah but it landed fair.” the ump had already blown an egregious call (on another rule) and i was much too incensed at that point than anyone should be playing in a fun co-ed league, so i just kept my mouth shut. But I still want to be vindicated, lol
― francisF, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:54 (eight months ago) link
I get your confusion now-- that it shouldn't have been ruled an infield fly until its fair/foul status is determined.
I don't know the right answer.
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:57 (eight months ago) link
Yes, because I hear a lot of umps say “infield fly! batter is out of fair!”
― francisF, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:59 (eight months ago) link
*if fair (i shouldn’t post from my phone)
― francisF, Thursday, 27 July 2023 19:00 (eight months ago) link
Fun co-ed leagues need more Earl Weavers, spewing four-letter invective and kicking dirt on the umpire.
― clemenza, Thursday, 27 July 2023 19:01 (eight months ago) link
The infield fly rule only applies to fair balls (the ump is supposed to call "infield fly, batter out if fair" or something like that). So if the ball landed fair then the batter is automatically out and it doesn't matter where the ball rolls if it's not caught.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 27 July 2023 19:03 (eight months ago) link
I wasn’t clear that it bounced foul in front of the bag (ie foul in any circumstance). Does that change it for you NoTime, or is it still called strictly as it lands?
― francisF, Friday, 28 July 2023 00:58 (eight months ago) link
I'm fairly sure it doesn't matter as long as it's a fair ball. The ball needs to be fair and to be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, which could be in the infield in front of the bag, behind the bag on the infield dirt, or even in the shallow outfield.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 28 July 2023 06:51 (eight months ago) link
i never knew the origin of the dropped third strike rule. i found this fascinating. i also had no idea that a form of baseball went back to the 1700s!https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-dropped-third-strike-the-life-and-times-of-a-rule/
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 16:32 (six months ago) link
I saw this happen quite recently and I was shocked and delighted. Regular season game. Mayyyyybe Bobby Witt Jr?
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Sunday, 8 October 2023 16:43 (six months ago) link
It happens several times a game!
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 October 2023 17:12 (six months ago) link
Sorry I meant I saw someone successfully outrun and reach.
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Sunday, 8 October 2023 17:17 (six months ago) link
it’s a silly rule but i guess i don’t mind it
probably because i was never a catcher
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 October 2023 17:22 (six months ago) link