{"id":2738,"date":"2009-05-29T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2009-10-21T22:13:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:13:17","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2738","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 30"},"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 fizzing liner straight back at the pitcher, who instinctively tries to turn away from the pitch. The ball loops up off the pitcher&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0back and bounces in front of the shortstop, who scoops\u00c2\u00a0the ball\u00c2\u00a0up and fires it over\u00c2\u00a0to\u00c2\u00a0first to retire the batter-runner.<\/p>\n<p>How would you put the play down in your scorebook?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; 1-6-3.<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\u00a0A &#8211; 1-6-3.<\/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;\">While unintentional, the pitcher&#8217;s involvement is\u00c2\u00a0clearly assisting the putting out of the batter-runner, as without it the ball would probably have got through to the outfield.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: The batter hits a fizzing liner straight back at the pitcher, who instinctively tries to turn away from the pitch. The ball loops up off the pitcher&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0back and bounces in front of the shortstop, who scoops\u00c2\u00a0the ball\u00c2\u00a0up and fires it over\u00c2\u00a0to\u00c2\u00a0first to retire the batter-runner. How would you put the play down in your [&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-2738","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\/2738","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=2738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5723,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}