JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH MERT; BASEBALL TRIVIA TIME!!

Ok now, without googling, looking in a book, calling someone that know's....riddle me this;

Bases loaded, 2 outs....how many different ways can the runner at 3rd score?

Name them.

It's 2039 hrs by my watch (That's 8:39 p.m. for you civilians), 1st and quickest gets the honors.

1st and quickest? WTF?

 

pass ball
wild pitch
rbi
walk
error
stolen base
balk

Im going with 7

Sacrifice doesn't apply since there are 2 outs in the situation...ditto for fielder's choice

 

There's more!!

 

HBP (hit by pitch) is the only other one I could think of and I was tossing that under walk

 

Check that.. 9

I almost forgot... On a fielder's choice in which the fielder attempts the play at home (or another base) and the runner is safe...

So make that.

1. RBI (hit of any kind)
2. Walk
3. Balk.
4. Error
5. FC
6. HBP
7. Wild Pitch
8. Pass Ball
9. stolen base

 

Let's not forget catcher interference.

 

10. Brad Lidge tosses moon ball to Big Al

 

LOL...That's still an RBI Doc...

 

What happens?

 

6.08 The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when—
c) The catcher or any fielder interferes with him. If a play follows the interference, the manager of the offense may advise the plate umpire that he elects to decline the interference penalty and accept the play. Such election shall be made immediately at the end of the play. However, if the batter reaches first base on a hit, an error, a base on balls, a hit batsman, or otherwise, and all other runners advance at least one base, the play proceeds without reference to the interference.

 

Doesn't Catcher's Interference result in the catcher being charged with an E? Ergo, it is an error.

 

I'm pretty sure there's one more. Maybe two, but the argument would be that's it's the same as #8 and it probably is.

 

Good stuff, guys. I can't add anything.

 

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Doesn't Catcher's Interference result in the catcher being charged with an E? Ergo, it is an error.[quote]

What the....?
Isn't a bases loaded walk an RBI? You counted both of them. Let's be consistant here.[/quote]

 

Using Corey's FC scenario, would that still constitute a hit? If it isn't, then is it just like a walk and not an official at bat, or does it go into the books as a FC?

 

It's an RWI right?

:wink:

 

Gentlemen, Gentlemen.........I believe the question was phrased, How many different ways.......? Yes, you could combine some of them into E or RBI, but I don't interpret that to be the intent of the question.

In the spirit of how I interpret the question, how about fielder's interference with a baserunner? This could occur simultaneous with an error or a FC, but it is a different way for an umpire to allow a run.

P.S. A walk with bases loaded results in an RBI for the batter who is walked.

 

Gipper... Sorry, RBI should have been more clear.. That should have read HIT of any kind.

 

Corey
We know that scorers have to account for certain occurrences during a game. We have things such as fielder's choice and defensive indifference. Somehow they have to account for a player being awarded first base when interference occurs. They choose to score it as an error but just as they score a run the scores as a result of a walk as an RBI, i choose to believe it actually is a different occurrence.
Why isn't a passed ball an error?

 

It isn't, it's a PB. Not sure why, as you could score it an E but it is a separate category. Maybe we need to go see the wizard?

For that matter, you could say a wild pitch is an E but it isn't. It's an WP.

I mean, we could break down the 'ways to score them via hit' into single, double, triple, HR etc.. I was just being brief but inaccurate in my usage of RBI.