jim@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan) (11/08/85)
> Boggs wins the batting title. As the first pitch is thrown, > Gedman reaches out to catch it, bumping Mattingly's bat. > Mattingly takes first on the catcher's interference. As that > is scored an error on the catcher, Mattingly gets charged with > an at bat and no hit. Now when Boggs is due up, he is removed. > Thus Boggs wins the title. (If Mattingly gets up again, he is > walked.) > > I know it's not fair, but unless the rule has been changed recently, > that's the way it is. This reminds me of what happened in Japan recently. The facts are hazy, so bear with me. It seems an american, playing in the Japanese league, one Randy something, came within one home run of tieing the most home runs in a season record, currently held by S. Oh, the great japanese baseball player. In the final game of the season, this player, Randy starts with a B, came to the plate four times, and each time was walked, intentionally. Manager of the opposing team ? One S. Oh, the great (still) japanese baseball player. I know it's not fair....but that's the way it is. Jim