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From: cpf@lasspvax.UUCP (Courtenay Footman)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Strange plays:Detroit Tigers
Message-ID: <495@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 15:45:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 29 15:45:05 1985
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Reply-To: cpf@lasspvax.UUCP (Courtenay Footman)
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Summary: 

>By the way, Gibson's hit was originally scored an inside-the-parker.  Then the
>scorer thought how could he get a homer when the guy in front of him was thrown
>out?  So he changed it to a triple.  Then someone dug out the rule book, and
>found some obscure rule dealing with the value of a hit in scoring a run, and
>it was finally determined that since Whitaker did not score, Gibson could not
>be given a triple.  So he was finally awarded a double.  A double?  When there
>were no errors on the play?  Bizarre...  Can anyone quote that rule from the
>rulebook?
>  
>Mark Tompkins 
Case note to 10.07 (b) "NOTE: Do not credit the batter with a three base hit
when a preceding runner is put out at the plate, or would have been out
but for an error. ..."
(How can you say there were no errors on the play? How about E-U(mpire). :-) )
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Courtenay Footman			arpa:	cpf@lnsvax
Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies		usenet:	cornell!lasspvax!cpf
Cornell University