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From: csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Six hit scoreless inning? (answer and 2 more questions)
Message-ID: <14622@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 16:15:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 23 16:15:23 1985
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Summary: 

>How about these other baseball puzzles?  How can a pitcher pitch a complete
>9 inning game, and throw just 9 legal pitches?  Or how many ways can a 
>player reach first base?  I know of 7, but I believe there are more than I can
>think of.
>
>--Evan Marcus
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Complete 9 inning game w/ 9 legal pitches:  In each inning, the first batter
up hits a triple.  Then, three times, the man on third tries to steal home.
Each time he does, the batter interferes, and is declared out.

Reaching first:
1) a hit
2) fielder's choice
3) dropped 3rd strike
4) error
5) hit by pitch
6) base on balls

7) (this USED to be legal, anyway) steal from second

a variation is how many ways can a man on third reach home?
I can think of these:

 1) a hit
 2) walk w/ bases loaded
 3) sacrifice fly
 4) fielder's choice
 5) past ball
 6) wild pitch
 7) batter hit by pitch w/ bases loaded
 8) sacrifice foul
 9) fielding error
10) steal
11) sacrifice bunt
12) balk

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