Roling my eyes...
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:47 pm
Yes, the misspelling is intentional.
Watching the Cardinals' game against Kansas City. Cards have bases loaded, nobody out, rookie Randy Arosarena at the plate. He strikes a ball sharply to the left side. It hits the runner trying to go from second to third (Yadi Molina). The umpires rule that everybody's safe, and the run scores.
All of a sudden it's pandemonium in both the TV and radio booth (I happened to be passing from my car, where I was listening to the radio, to the house, where the TV was on). "Yadi should be out, right? Did the ball hit the fielder's glove? I don't understand?" I'm kind of glad I wasn't listening to the Kansas City feed, although they may have known the rules well enough to get it right.
I can't quote the rule word for word, but it happens often enough that umpires have a signal for when the infield is drawn in in front of the runners. Basically, what it says is, if the ball strikes a runner AFTER passing a fielder other than the pitcher or catcher, it's not an out. It's still a dead ball, but the batter is awarded a hit, and all runners advance one base.
For several minutes after the play, the announcers were polling the people on their team, including Jim Edmonds, a former player, and someone else who was a former major leaguer, and they all said they'd never seen such a play. It just reinforces for me how often players, coaches, and managers don't actually know the rules they're playing by. Hell, even Yadier Molina, who is one of the headiest players I've ever seen, started trotting off the field like he was out, until the dugout yelled at him to stay put.
Watching the Cardinals' game against Kansas City. Cards have bases loaded, nobody out, rookie Randy Arosarena at the plate. He strikes a ball sharply to the left side. It hits the runner trying to go from second to third (Yadi Molina). The umpires rule that everybody's safe, and the run scores.
All of a sudden it's pandemonium in both the TV and radio booth (I happened to be passing from my car, where I was listening to the radio, to the house, where the TV was on). "Yadi should be out, right? Did the ball hit the fielder's glove? I don't understand?" I'm kind of glad I wasn't listening to the Kansas City feed, although they may have known the rules well enough to get it right.
I can't quote the rule word for word, but it happens often enough that umpires have a signal for when the infield is drawn in in front of the runners. Basically, what it says is, if the ball strikes a runner AFTER passing a fielder other than the pitcher or catcher, it's not an out. It's still a dead ball, but the batter is awarded a hit, and all runners advance one base.
For several minutes after the play, the announcers were polling the people on their team, including Jim Edmonds, a former player, and someone else who was a former major leaguer, and they all said they'd never seen such a play. It just reinforces for me how often players, coaches, and managers don't actually know the rules they're playing by. Hell, even Yadier Molina, who is one of the headiest players I've ever seen, started trotting off the field like he was out, until the dugout yelled at him to stay put.