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From: conrad@ucsfcca.UUCP (Conrad Huang)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Dropped third strike
Message-ID: <384@ucsfcca.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 06:22:55 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 06:22:55 1985
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Reply-To: conrad@ucsfcca.UUCP (Eric Pettersen)
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>>The only time that a batter cannot run to first on a third strike is
>>when there are less than two outs and first base is occupied.
>
>Why not?  Can't the runner on first go to second and get a stolen base (or
>would that be scored as a wild pitch/passed ball)?
>
>Mike Ryan

Because if the batter could run that would set up a force at second.  The
catcher would naturally drop any third strike in order to be able to throw
to second to start a double play.

					- Eric Pettersen