{"id":1206,"date":"2008-11-21T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2009-10-21T21:48:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T20:48:46","slug":"1206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1206","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5684\" title=\"YouAreScorer\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif\" alt=\"YouAreScorer\" width=\"473\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif 473w, https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer-300x53.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nScenario:<\/strong> It is the\u00c2\u00a0top of the ninth inning in a tied game\u00c2\u00a0and, with the bases loaded,\u00c2\u00a0the #9 hitter just popped up to\u00c2\u00a0the shortstop\u00c2\u00a0for the second out. Although this was only the second out, the pitcher starts walking towards\u00c2\u00a0the dugout, and the rest of the fielding team\u00c2\u00a0as well as the\u00c2\u00a0batting\u00c2\u00a0side\u00c2\u00a0also start to leave the field, thinking that the top-half\u00c2\u00a0of the inning is complete.<\/p>\n<p>As the official scorer, what should you do about the teams changing sides with only two outs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; Immediately notify the manager of the fielding side.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong> &#8211; Immediately notify the manager of the batting side.<br \/>\n<strong>C<\/strong> &#8211; Notify the umpire-in-chief before the bottom of the ninth can begin.<br \/>\n<strong>D<\/strong> &#8211; Keep quiet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight the text below to reveal the answer:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00c2\u00a0C &#8211; Notify the umpire-in-chief before the bottom of the ninth can begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule 10.01(b)(2) states:<br \/>\n<em>If the teams change sides before three men are put out, the official scorer shall immediately inform the umpire-in-chief of the mistake.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: It is the\u00c2\u00a0top of the ninth inning in a tied game\u00c2\u00a0and, with the bases loaded,\u00c2\u00a0the #9 hitter just popped up to\u00c2\u00a0the shortstop\u00c2\u00a0for the second out. Although this was only the second out, the pitcher starts walking towards\u00c2\u00a0the dugout, and the rest of the fielding team\u00c2\u00a0as well as the\u00c2\u00a0batting\u00c2\u00a0side\u00c2\u00a0also start to leave the field, thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-are-the-scorer","tag-gbbsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5695,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions\/5695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}