What the... Who thinks of these things... Oh yeah. It's Ray. Of course the Right Fielder was several feet away on the ground in a cloud of dust. So there was no chance for the ball to strike him in the head or anywhere else.
So I'm guessing that a fielder is part of the field so no difference. If it bounced off his head and went into the stands fair - wouldn't it be a homerun? And here's my question what if it him in the head and killed the dope... And the ball rattled around in the outfield? is there a stoppage of play while they cart his rotting body off the field? Just wondering. On Oct 7, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Ray Salemi wrote: > Here's a rule question I think we resolve in the office. > > Bay's ground-rule double hit the ground fair and bounced into the > stands in foul territory for a ground rule double. > > What if it had high the right fielder in the head in fair territory > and gone into the stands in the same spot without touching the ground? > > Ray > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Steve Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ripken made the point that whenever there is a collision at the > plate the umpire always waits to see if the catcher is still > holding the ball before making the out call - so why should this be > any different? However, I think the difference is that if the > collision causes the ball to come loose, then the runner would be > safe. But in this case, the runner was tagged, Varitek was in > control and the subsequent fall caused the ball to come loose. If > the ball came loose in the act of tagging, the runner would have > been safe, but that obviously was not the case. > > By the way, I thought Eck seemed a little nervous on the TBS > broadcast. Not quite crisp as I'm used to hearing him on NESN. > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Dave Campbell is a tool > > Cal Ripken raised a point on the post game. He didn't go as far as > say he should be safe, but he asked what about when there's a > collision at teh plate. If the catcher falls back after the > collision and drops the ball, the runner would be called safe. No > one had an answer as to why teh calls would be differnet. The > anchor guy said maybe it's because the runner dislodged the ball as > he tried to get to teh base. > > I don't see a controversy. The runner was called out five or six > feet down teh basepath. > > As for Campbell, so what? So what if we'd be outraged. We're going > to base calls on whether or not they upset the fans?? > > Aybar blew it (and I think Scoscia frankly overmanaged.) THe ump > was fine. Scoscia only cried for 10-20 seconds. For a manager who > gripes about every ball and strike it came across as a clearly just- > for-show argument. > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Beaudoin, John > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no controversy for anyone but disgruntled Angels fans. > When in > doubt, ask a non-partisan baseball fan. Even Yankee fans would agree > with the call. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Ouellette > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:36 AM > To: Red Sox Citizens > Subject: Dave Campbell is a tool > > > He's on the radio going on and on about how the runner should have > been > safe after the missed squeeze bunt because Varitek dropped the ball > after the tag. How Boston would be in an uproar if a similar call had > been made against the Sox. > > He had the ball. He tagged the runner. He stumbled a couple of steps, > fell, hit the ground and the ball popped out. Where is the > controversy? > > Steve O > > > > > > > -- > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude Stein > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
