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From: wickart@iuvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  solution to 4 outs problem
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Date: Wed, 9-May-84 16:49:00 EDT
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Striking out yourself:
   Assume that Andrews is pitching for the Mets, and Beeblebrox is
pitching for the Cubs. Also assume that Andrews is batting. When
the count gets to 0 and 2, a torrential downpour halts play. Eventually,
the umpire-in-chief suspends the game, to be completed when the Mets
return to Chicago in August.
   On July 1, atrade is closed in which Andrews is sent to the Cubs,
with Beeblebrox going to the Mets. W
   WHen the game is reconvened in August, The Cubs are forced to
provide a new pitcher, as Beeblebrox is no longer with the team.
They put Andrews on the mound. Since the count on the batter was
0-2 when the game was suspended, when the Mets send a pinch hitter
to the plate (as Andrews is no longer with THEIR team), Andrews is
the batter of record. Andrews, on the mound, throws a screaming fast
ball for strike three. Andrews, the batter of record, has struck out,
and Andrews, the completing pitcher, notches a strikeout.
   Note that Beeblebrox, however, is credited with the 1/3 of an
inning pitched, as he is the pitcher of record for that batter.