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Sent: September 24, 2003 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
it is mentioned that the TV is on the back wall...if the bar didn't face
the backwall, then when he sits at the bar, perhaps he is watching the game
through a mirror (on the back of the bar?)...assume there was one runner on
second base....the shot down the 1st base line is actually a shot down the
THIRD base line, making the 3rd baseman throw it for the automatic out at
first...the runner at second, and the two base coaches (who are always in
uniform) would then have to join the batter back in the dugout.........
c.
>From: "Cameron MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:24:05 -0400
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>Ditto, that was my thinking as well. The first base runner had to
have been taking a lead off, in order to drive the guy on 2nd to go to 3rd.
But if there was a first base runner, then the first baseman should have been
on the bag.
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>What about a pinch hitter? Could the batter have been a pinch hitter,
with another runner going to first?
NO!!! In baseball, a 'pinch hitter' is a batter who is replacing
the player in the lineup who was/is scheduled to go to bat at this
juncture. Also, any batter must reach first base safely on their
own before his team can request 'time out' and then replace him/her
as a base runner. But also remember, the designated batter rule is a different
matter all together.
I do NOT believe there is any situation in baseball where the
events described in the puzzle could take place. The only time a person can be
called 'out' under the conditions described, is when the bases are
loaded as John & Dave have suggested. Craig had a realistic possibality,
but again could only happen if there were runners on 1st and 2nd
bases.
Don
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> From: D.L. Gomez
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
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> I wondered about that as well, but I considered that to mean that no
one was actually standing on the bases (thus, no body on base); then my theory
of three runners "on base" would hold up. If it doesn't, then I don't know of
any rule in baseball that would make a batter running to first base be called
"OUT" by throwing the ball to the third baseman and having him step on third
base. Also, what other explanation could there be for three of the batter's
teammates to "run off the field" after the (third) OUT is called?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jo & John MacLean
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
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> Good answer Dave. That was the conclusion I also came to except the
information stated that there was no one on base. ( that was why the first
baseman was playing off the bag.) John.
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> At 07:43 PM 09/23/2003, D.L. Gomez wrote:
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> The bases were loaded, but all runners were standing off their
respective bases. By throwing the ball to the third baseman, the runner from
second to third was forced OUT. Since that was the third out of the inning,
the batter, along with his three teammates who had been on the three bases,
ran off the field.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott MacLean
> To: MacLean List ; Georgetown Crew Mailing List
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:23 AM
> Subject: Puzzler of the week
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> This week's puzzler:
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>
> I had had a hard day at work. The boss had been on my case. I
decided to hit the local tavern on my way home.
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> I walked in to the tavern, and I noticed there was a ballgame on the
TV that's hanging on the back wall. I took a stool at the bar, and ordered a
beer. I glanced up. I'm not really that interested in baseball, but there was
an attractive lady sitting there, and she seemed interested in the game. I
asked her, "What's the score?"
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> She said, "There's no score. It's the bottom of the 5th."
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>
> There were two outs. The batter hit a hard grounder, sharply down
the first-base line. Since there was no one on base, the first baseman was
playing off the bag. He lunged and grabbed the ball before it could make it
into the outfield.
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> Then-instead of running to first base to make the out-he took the
ball, and fired it across the diamond to the third baseman, who caught the
ball and stepped on third. The ump made the sign saying, "You're out!" All
three of his team mates ran off the field.
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> What happened?
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> Last week's puzzler:
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>
> It was a dark and stormy night. Tommy and I were passengers on a
small ferry, en route to a tiny island off the Connecticut coast. We were on
the upper deck, smoking Cuban cigars with the captain. This was the kind of
ferry that takes cars as well as passengers, and from our vantage we could see
the eight or nine cars that were parked on the front of the boat. But we could
barely see the license plates of these cars, let alone what makes and models
they were.
>
>
> As we approached the dock, Tommy and I decided that we needed to
have a bet. Tommy said, "Geez, how many of these cars do you figure are
automatics, and how many do you figure are standard shift?"
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> So, I picked a number. I said, " I think three cars are stick
shift."
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> And Tommy said, "I think there are five."
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> The boat finally docked, and the people who owned the cars got in
them and drove away. And I turned to my brother, and said, "You won."
>
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> We never left the upper deck, and all we could see were the backs of
the cars. We couldn't see inside the cars, nor could we identify what makes
the cars were. But we did see the people get in and drive the cars off the
boat
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>
> The captain said, "How could there not be an argument here? How
could you possibly know and agree that Tommy's number was right?"
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> Last week's puzzler answer:
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> The answer is we didn't determine how many stick shifts there were.
We determined how many automatics there were. We did a little subtraction
problem here. The way we determined which cars were automatics is that when
you start an automatic transmission car, as you shift from park to drive --
you go through reverse - momentarily. So all the cars with automatics had
their reverse lights flash for a split second, and then they drove off. We
counted how many cars had their lights flash. And then I settled the bet. I
lost another hundred bucks
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