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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
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 13:31:53 1985
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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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