wickart@iuvax.UUCP (05/09/84)
Striking out yourself: Assume that Andrews is pitching for the Mets, and Beeblebrox is pitching for the Cubs. Also assume that Andrews is batting. When the count gets to 0 and 2, a torrential downpour halts play. Eventually, the umpire-in-chief suspends the game, to be completed when the Mets return to Chicago in August. On July 1, atrade is closed in which Andrews is sent to the Cubs, with Beeblebrox going to the Mets. W WHen the game is reconvened in August, The Cubs are forced to provide a new pitcher, as Beeblebrox is no longer with the team. They put Andrews on the mound. Since the count on the batter was 0-2 when the game was suspended, when the Mets send a pinch hitter to the plate (as Andrews is no longer with THEIR team), Andrews is the batter of record. Andrews, on the mound, throws a screaming fast ball for strike three. Andrews, the batter of record, has struck out, and Andrews, the completing pitcher, notches a strikeout. Note that Beeblebrox, however, is credited with the 1/3 of an inning pitched, as he is the pitcher of record for that batter.
halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (05/10/84)
The pinch hitter better be Beeblebrox in your example. Beeblebrox gets credit for the strikeout since the batter had two strikes. And the actual batter at the time is the batter of record. Thus B Ks B, not A Ks A.
hstrop@mhuxt.UUCP (trop) (05/10/84)
Regarding striking yourself out: Although the answer given recently is very imaginative, it overlooks a fundamental point. During a rain delayed game as described, they would go back to the closest complete half inning. Harvey S. Trop mhuxt!hstrop
jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (cecw 81lt505210-Jon Mcecw) (05/11/84)
Actually Mr. Trop is correct in saying that a rain postponed game doesn't begin from where it left off, but it doesn't begin at the last complete inning either. Two years ago the Brewers and the Orioles were tied 2-2 in the ninth when a downpour ensued. After waiting about two hours the game was called. It was replayed from the first inning at a later date, not replayed from the ninth inning or eighth(the last completed inning. The "tie" game went into the record books as a tie and the records (batting and pitching) all counted, but the game was replayed. In reference to the striking one's self out, if the game were suspended because of a power failure, or because of darkness at Wrigley, it would work I think. Yours in the net, Jon Hanrath (ltuxa!jmh bsctea!jmh wnbpwb!jmh)