Right. That's why "hitting him the head" was the question. Or, as I thought I saw in the stands from behind the fielder, hitting his glove on a dive and going into the stands.
Intentionally booting it into the stands is a different rule. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > And back to your previous point, Ray, the umpires do have discretion to > award bases because of fan interference or, I would guess, fielding > chicanery. I'd imagine if a ball were bouncing around the RF corner at > Fenway and Ellsbury were motoring around the bases and a cagey right fielder > "bobbled" the ball into the stands, Ellsbury would be awarded thirs base. > > -- Matt > > --- On *Wed, 10/8/08, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Ripken > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 9:00 AM > > > BTW. The reason I thought of this question was that, from my angle in > the bleachers, it looked like the ball might have hit his glove. Then > Texeria snagged the liner and I was thinking, "wow that would have been a > Hell of a way to end the game if that had hit his glove and it was a home > run." > > Then I was thinking, "I wonder if it had hit his glove if we would have won > alrea..." and the Lowrie hit his single. > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Charles Battikha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> 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 > > > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
