{"id":2731,"date":"2009-05-22T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2009-10-21T22:12:28","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:12:28","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 29"},"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> The batter hits a slow grounder straight towards the shortstop. The third baseman dives and\u00c2\u00a0knocks the ball with an outstretched glove. This\u00c2\u00a0diverts the ball off the path that was taking it straight to the shortstop, but this fielder is still able to grab the ball and nail the batter-runner at first.<\/p>\n<p>How would you put the play down in your scorebook?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; 5-6-3.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong> &#8211; 6-3.<\/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; 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule 10.10(a)(1) Comment states:<br \/>\n<em>Mere ineffective contact with the ball shall not be considered an assist. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Deflect\u00e2\u20ac\u009d shall mean to slow down or change the direction of the ball and thereby effectively assist in putting out a batter or runner.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The third baseman&#8217;s involvement is hindering rather than effectively assisting the putting out of the batter-runner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: The batter hits a slow grounder straight towards the shortstop. The third baseman dives and\u00c2\u00a0knocks the ball with an outstretched glove. This\u00c2\u00a0diverts the ball off the path that was taking it straight to the shortstop, but this fielder is still able to grab the ball and nail the batter-runner at first. How would you [&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-2731","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\/2731","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=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}