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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Scoring Questions
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 10:44:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  1 10:44:53 1985
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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?
> 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?

There is no error because an out was made during the play.
Mike Clifford 

> No opinions/guesses, please. If there is an official scorer's handbook,
> how about specific references.
> 					Bob Milosavljevic
> 					...ihnp4!inmet!milos