Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mmintl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: An infield-fly-rule question Message-ID: <739@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 19:06:13 EST Article-I.D.: mmintl.739 Posted: Fri Oct 25 19:06:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 04:08:03 EST References: <475@ttidcb.UUCP> <1808@hao.UUCP> <1953@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 19 Summary: In article <1953@umcp-cs.UUCP> pete@maryland.UUCP (Pete Cottrell) writes: >Hmmmm. During last night's game (a KC win, 6-1, 3rd game) they had another >'You make the Call' segment. In it, with a runner on first, Eddie Murray >intentionally let a ball drop out of his glove on an infield popout in >order to try and get a double play. The ruling was that a fielder may not >intentionally drop a ball in an attempt to do this, so the runner stayed >at first and the batter was ruled out. The only difference I see between >the 2 situations is that Murray actually touched the ball and let it >bounce out. I assume this makes all the difference in the world; the only >other conclusion is that the umpires are inconsistent, which is of course >far too outlandish a possibilty ;-) No, the difference is that in one play the batter was bunting, and in the other, he was hitting away. This distinction is made at least one other place in the rules, since a foul bunt with two strikes on the batter is strike three. Frank Adams ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108