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From: krs@amdahl.UUCP (Kris Stephens)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball,net.puzzle
Subject: Re: 5 RBIs in 1 at bat
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 18:46:16 EDT
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> This actually happened.  Test: how?
> 
> A man came to the plate and drove in 5 runs with a single swing of the bat.
> How did he do this?
> 
> Answer to be posted in 1 week if nobody has got it right by then.
> 
> Gilles Dignard
> University of Waterloo
> Waterloo, Ontario

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How about this:

   With the bases loaded,  a batter scrapes out a single, but the runner
from third misses the plate (the umpire indicates niether Safe nor Out).
The defensive team doesn't appeal,  obviously not having seen the runner
miss the  plate.  The scorekeeper holds  the RBI ruling  until after the
next pitch  (which closes the defenders' opportunity to appeal),  but on
that pitch,  the batter hits  a grand-slam,  getting credit not only for
the four runs  scored during that  play but also the  delayed RBI of the
earlier runner.

  This hinges on the ruling  of RBI credit for a  failure to appeal on a
play at home.
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Kris Stephens     (408-746-6047)                 {whatever}!amdahl!krs
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