Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 11/03/84 (WLS Mods); site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david 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 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:03:05 EDT References: <14200016@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Princeton University Department of Statistics Lines: 18 > 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