rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (Rob Buchner) (05/28/85)
A walk with bases loaded counts as an RBI. 4 balks by a pitcher does not put the batter on first. Trivia question: what is the most steals by one team in an inning yet no runs are scored. The reason I ask is that I just saw the cubs steal three times in one inning yet manage not to score a run. followup: what is the most steals by one team in an inning?
jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (cecw 64lt503310-Jon Mcecw) (05/28/85)
I just read an interesting thing in The Sporting News; something to put in "a pitcher's worst nightmare": Bottom of ninth, two outs, no-hitter going. Man on first (because of a walk or something) and the batter hits a ground ball to second which hits the base runner for the last out, BUT is scored as a base hit for the batter, thus breaking up the no-hitter (and also the pitcher's spirit). If the official scorer scores it as an intentional interference, the no-hitter stands. Jon Hanrath ihnp4!ltuxa!jmh
ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) (05/30/85)
> A walk with bases loaded counts as an RBI. > > 4 balks by a pitcher does not put the batter on first. > If the pitcher goes to his mouth on the mound, a balk is called, runners advance a base, and a ball is added to the count on the batter. Wouldn't this ( 4 times ) put the batter on first base? Or is there some limit on balls called this way? I saw a ball called this way last week on a tv game. Brian Reilly -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Brian Reilly Davis, CA 95616 U.C. Davis Computer Center ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb!ccrbrian
boone@mmm.UUCP (David E. Boone) (06/03/85)
this is not a balk, only an automatic ball. on a balk the runners are advanced but no ball is called.