Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!roth From: roth@ut-sally.UUCP (Mark Roth) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: summary of dropped third strike Message-ID: <2212@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 13:31:53 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2212 Posted: Fri Jun 28 13:31:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:59:18 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 14 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