[alex83]

dont know if someone has asked this or not, but what is meant by the term 'called strike'?

also ive noticed that sometimes if a guy hits the ball and it flys out to right/left/centre field and a guy is on first, second or third they dont make any advances to go to the next base or try and score at home, why is that? i mean i know if a guy hits a foul ball the base runner cant move to the next base becuase the ball is out of play, but if the ball is in play but the hitter is caught out why does the guy on base not try and get onto the next base or score?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by alex83

dont know if someone has asked this or not, but what is meant by the term 'called strike'?

also ive noticed that sometimes if a guy hits the ball and it flys out to right/left/centre field and a guy is on first, second or third they dont make any advances to go to the next base or try and score at home, why is that? i mean i know if a guy hits a foul ball the base runner cant move to the next base becuase the ball is out of play, but if the ball is in play but the hitter is caught out why does the guy on base not try and get onto the next base or score?

A called strike is a pitch that falls in the strike zone and the batter doesn't swing at. Hence, it's "called" a strike by the umpire. And on a fly ball out, you have to stay at your base until the ball is actually caught before you can advance to the next base. This is called "tagging up".

[alex83]

i see, thanks, also ive noticed that if a player is running from one base to another and the fielder on base already has his foot on said base, he still tries to tag the player running towards him, i thought once the fielder had put his foot on base the runner was out and he didnt have to tag him

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by alex83

i see, thanks, also ive noticed that if a player is running from one base to another and the fielder on base already has his foot on said base, he still tries to tag the player running towards him, i thought once the fielder had put his foot on base the runner was out and he didnt have to tag him

Well, it depends on the situation. Let's see how well I can explain this. A baserunner is only out in this instance if there isn't a base he can return to. For example, if an outfielder has the ball and touches first its always an out. Touching second like this is an out only if there's supposed to be another baserunner on first, i.e. the base is not unoccupied. Those are called Force Outs because the runner is "forced" into them since he can't retreat to another base. Er, does that make sense?

[alex83]

ok so do you mean if a guy is running from first to second or second to third and the bases he has come from or is going to has already been tagged, then he is definatly out. i mean i only ask because i rememeber earlier in the season A Rod was involved in an incident when he was going from first to second and the guy on second was trying to tag him with the ball and i figured why wouldnt he just tag the bases as opposed to the man, becuase they had already tagged first base

[Lefty Noob]

In a situation where a guy on first is trying to advance to second, they need to tag him, because he could theoretically wind on either on second or going back to first. Since there's no force out at either base, he's free to try and run back and forth to them, trying to safely reach one or the other, until he's touched out by the player with the ball.

[alex83]

ok and when they say 'a player makes a new lane' when a player is trying to tag a runner from first to second, are there any limits to this or can a player make an kind from first to second or are there any limits?

[Tuck4Bama]

7.08 Any runner is out when-
(a) (1) He runs more than three feet away from a direct line between bases to avoid being tagged unless his action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball; or
(2) after touching first base, he leaves the baseline, obviously abandoning his effort to touch the next base; Any runner after reaching first base who leaves the baseline heading for his dugout or his position believing that there is no further play, may be declared out if the umpire judges the act of the runner to be considered abandoning his efforts to run the bases. Even though an out is called, the ball remains in play in regard to any other runner. This rule also covers the following and similar plays: Less than two out, score tied last of ninth inning, runner on first, batter hits a ball out of park for winning run, the runner on first passes second and thinking the home run automatically wins the game, cuts across diamond toward his bench as batter runner circles bases. In this case, the base runner would be called out "for abandoning his effort to touch the next base" and batter runner permitted to continue around bases to make his home run valid. If there are two out, home run would not count (see Rule 7.12). This is not an appeal play.
PLAY. Runner believing he is called out on a tag at first or third base starts for the dugout and progresses a reasonable distance still indicating by his actions that he is out, shall be declared out for abandoning the bases. In the above two plays the runners are considered actually abandoning their base paths and are treated differently than the batter who struck out as described. APPROVED RULING OF 7.08 (a).
APPROVED RULING: When a batter becomes a runner on third strike not caught, and starts for his bench or position, he may advance to first base at any time before he enters the bench. To put him out, the defense must tag him or first base before he touches first base.

[simple simon]

will someone please explain waivers to me ?

i dont really understand much of any of the process

the other night i heard Piazza cleared waivers so now he can be traded to anyone

why does a team place a player on waivers ....... what happens during the waiver process ....... if no one picked the player up off waivers why would they want to trade for him ?

[EmpireWF]

Here's a good MLB Trade Rumors post about the waiver process.

[simple simon]

at games fans put up K's when their pitcher makes a strikeout

along the line i noticed some of the K's are put up backwards .... is that so it doesnt read KKK ? ...... would seem understandable

[bears9]

The backwards one means they got them looking

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by bears9

The backwards one means they got them looking

that's cool ..... where did you find that out ? .... i believe you, i just like to know where people learn things i dont know

[EmpireWF]

From wikipedia:

"A strikeout looking (where the batter does not swing at a pitch that the umpire then calls strike three) is sometimes scored with a backwards K."


If you ever need to know anything, just type it in google and you're bound to find an answer (whether it's right or not...who knows lol).

[simple simon]

a fly ball is in play until it hits the ground correct?

if you hit a fly and i go to catch it but it pops out of my glove and into a teammates glove youre out right?

just checking