The Jose Canseco (or Alex Rios) events show that a ball is a home run if it gets knocked out of the park by a fielder. It's as if it flew the extra distance.
I think that it is a HR if it is 250 feet from the plate or more this is due to a pair of rules. One says that a fair ball is a ball that touches an umpire or fielder in fair territory, and the other is the rule that says that a fair ball that leaves the park at greater than 250 feet from home plate is a HR. Otherwise its a double. On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Steve Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've all seen the famous blooper where the ball hits Jose Canseco off > the head and goes over the wall. I think that was a HR. I'm not sure what > happens if it hits a fielder and goes foul? > > If the guy dies, I think they can stop the play to get his body off the > field, but only after the batter completes his rounding of the bases. And > if that happens during a playoff series, the team cannot backfill his slot > on the playoff roster. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Charles Battikha > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:31 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Ripken > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
