A more interesting baseball question

[Bulldog]

<font color="white">Dead ball. Three bases for the batter. All runners score. </font>

[Rubeskies]

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<font color="white">Dead ball. Three bases for the batter. All runners score. </font>

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We have a winner.

[J.R.]

I don't think its a dead ball (it effectively will be given the ball is in an outfielder's possession and the batter/runner is usually around 1st base), but the punctuation used in the MLB rules is kinda confusing:

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(b) Three bases, if a fielder deliberately touches a fair ball with his cap, mask or any part of his uniform detached from its proper place on his person. The ball is in play and the batter may advance to home base at his peril;

[/ QUOTE ] Rule 7.05

[Rubeskies]

Thanks for the clarification JR, I wasn't entirely certain about that part.

[Homer]

Triple

[Bulldog]

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<font color="white">Dead ball. Three bases for the batter. All runners score. </font>

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We have a winner.

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Looks like I wasn't quite right.

<font color="white">Ball not dead.

(b) Three bases, if a fielder deliberately touches a fair ball with his cap, mask or any part of his uniform detached from its proper place on his person. The ball is in play and the batter may advance to home base at his peril; </font>

[dcasper70]

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<font color="white">Dead ball. Three bases for the batter. All runners score. </font>

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We have a winner.

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Looks like I wasn't quite right.

<font color="white">Ball not dead.

(b) Three bases, if a fielder deliberately touches a fair ball with his cap, mask or any part of his uniform detached from its proper place on his person. The ball is in play and the batter may advance to home base at his peril; </font>

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Very nice Bulldog.
Great question Rubeskies!

[Jack of Arcades]

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<font color="white">Dead ball. Three bases for the batter. All runners score. </font>

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and only cause I was sleeping.

edit: what? I was sure it was a dead ball.

[jesusarenque]

I knew the answer to this because the Dodgers won a game on this rule a few years ago when Jason Kendall of the Pirates picked up a ball with his mask and threw it back to the pitcher. Winning run scored in the bottom of the 9th.

[New001]

Okay, how about a more far-fetched question along the same lines. Let's say the CF was running to the ball, except his hat fell off on the way. Unfortunately, he grossly misjudged the ball and it landed in his hat without touching the ground. What happens then? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]