From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!cw
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Title: Avoiding a Quibble when making a quadruple play
Article-I.D.: eagle.363
Posted: Tue Jun 15 00:46:20 1982
Received: Wed Jun 16 02:13:08 1982


In an earlier article, I asked for an example of a legitimate
QUADRUPLE play.  Just to set the record straight, the play does
NOT begin by having the catcher drop the third strike.  Although
the pitcher records a strikeout in this case, the defensive team
does not record an OUT.  Hence, any play with runners on
second and third when the strike is dropped still will only
have three total outs because there are only three offensive
men (the batter and two runners) eligible to be put out.
If the bases are full, there is no dropped third strike rule.

Charles

[By the way, the careful reader will observe a hint in this message.]