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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Scoring Questions
Message-ID: <692@fisher.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 10:04:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: fisher.692
Posted: Sat Jun 29 10:04:08 1985
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Organization: Princeton University Department of Statistics
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> 1. Runner on 1st, nobody out. Batter hits a pop fly to infielder A, who
>    drops it for an error. Then, trying for the [easy] force at 2nd, he
>    throws the ball into the outfield, leaving runners on 1st and 2nd.
>    Does infielder A get one error, or two? Why?

Since guesses are forbidden, I won't...

> 2. Runner on 1st, nobody out. Batter hits a one-hopper to 3rd, who forces
>    runner at 2nd. 2nd basemen makes good relay to 1st to beat batter by
>    2 steps for the DP, but 1st basemen pulls foot off base too early --
>    batter is safe. Does 1st baseman get an error? Why?

This one I know the answer to.  The first baseman is not charged with
an error, as the official scorer may not presume the completion of any
double play, and the first baseman's mishap did not allow the advance
of any runner.

					David Rubin