{"id":1642,"date":"2009-02-06T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2009-10-21T21:59:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T20:59:40","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 14"},"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>Scenario:<\/strong> With a runner on third and no outs, the batter hits a grounder straight to the first baseman.\u00c2\u00a0In your opinion,\u00c2\u00a0the first baseman could easily have run over to the bag in time to force out the batter-runner, but, instead, the fielder throws the ball to the catcher in the hope of getting out the runner who has dashed from third towards home. The throw is perfect and the ball is fielded cleanly by the catcher, who applies the tag to the now-sliding runner. However, the runner is adjudged to have just beaten the tag and the run is awarded. The catcher looks towards first base but sees that there is no point in making the throw as the batter-runner will be safe anyway.<\/p>\n<p>As the official scorer, how should you score the batter-runner&#8217;s advancement to first?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; A single.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Reached\u00c2\u00a0on\u00c2\u00a0fielder&#8217;s choice.<br \/>\n<strong>C<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Reached on\u00c2\u00a0error.<\/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\u00a0B &#8211; Reached on fielder&#8217;s choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule\u00c2\u00a010.05(b)(4) states:<br \/>\n<em>[The official scorer shall not credit a base hit when a] fielder fails in an attempt to put out a preceding runner and, in the scorer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s judgment, the batter-runner could have been put out at first base.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Since no error was made on the play (there was nothing wrong with the\u00c2\u00a0mechanics of the fielding), it must be a fielder&#8217;s choice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: With a runner on third and no outs, the batter hits a grounder straight to the first baseman.\u00c2\u00a0In your opinion,\u00c2\u00a0the first baseman could easily have run over to the bag in time to force out the batter-runner, but, instead, the fielder throws the ball to the catcher in the hope of getting out the [&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-1642","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\/1642","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=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5707,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions\/5707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}