Speaking of errors and as bad as it gets, nice job by Tim Bogar sending Youkilis on a suicide mission in the sixth. There were no outs! What a schmuck.
- Matt ________________________________ From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 9:21:40 PM Subject: Re: GS: Official scorer Yes, they have the complete and total leeway to assess errors -- they determine what is "ordinary effort." If it's still Chaz Scoggins, he's as bad as it gets. Steve O On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: > >Last I knew, Chaz Scoggins of the Lowell Sun did most of the official scoring. > > >> >Here's the rule: > >A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base >safely, as set forth in >this Rule 10.05. ... >(4) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been >touched by a fielder and >that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the >scorer's judgment >the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort; > >Looks as though scorers have the leeway to assess errors but I've never seen >it happen -- at Fenway or anyplace else. > >-- Matt >> ________________________________ From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> >To: Red Sox Citizens <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 8:51:35 PM >Subject: GS: Official scorer > > >Can someone please explain to me why if an outfielder overruns a ball by 20 >feet the play is scored a base hit? And don't give me the "it's not an error >because he didn't touch it" excuse, because I know that's not true ... > >Fenway scorekeepers have been awful for as long as I can remember. Anyone know >who does it now? > >Steve O > > >-- >>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. > > >-- >>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. > -- 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. -- 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.
