Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site vaxwaller.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!varian!vaxwaller!bob From: bob@vaxwaller.UUCP (Bob Palin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: summary of dropped third strike Message-ID: <290@vaxwaller.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 18:25:33 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxwalle.290 Posted: Mon Jul 1 18:25:33 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:13:13 EDT References: <2212@ut-sally.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 24 > I only got one response to my question about why dropped third strikes > are not an out until the batter is thrown out at first or tagged out. > > Here it is: > > In-Reply-To: your article <2100@ut-sally.UUCP> > > A strikeout is also a putout credited to the catcher; if he fails to > complete the putout, the batter may advance. Why? I'm not sure, but > I think similar things occur in cricket, so I guess my answer is: it's > an inherited trait! > > David Rubin > {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david I find it hard to believe that there is any connection between cricket and baseball, the philosophy of the two games is entirely different, baseball being a quick, rush to score type game and cricket a slower tactical scoring ( or non scoring ) game. There is a game played in Britain called rounders which is very similar to baseball but for the most part is is only played by kids now. Bob Palin, Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek, Ca. formerly of Luton, Beds., England