this is a question on our office triva, what say you?
Question 7: How would it be possible in a baseball game for a player to hit a homerun with the bases loaded, but to have only one man, the batter, score?
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this is a question on our office triva, what say you?
Question 7: How would it be possible in a baseball game for a player to hit a homerun with the bases loaded, but to have only one man, the batter, score?
The three base runners fail to touch home plate?
but as someone smarter than me says, and you can probally guess who, those runners preceded the batter thereby nulifying the batters score.Originally Posted by deadawg
I had someone else go a differnt direction with it. if the players on the bases were women and the batter a man . . .
Upon rereading the question, that is probably the right answer. I was skimming the rule book and the only other possibility I could find was a rule that states: If it is tied in the bottom of the ninth and less than two outs and the batter hits a home run and the baserunner(s) mistakenly think this ends the game and simply don't run the bases they will be called out and if the batter circles the bases, his run will count. But, in that scenario there was only 2 base runners and no outs. So, I guess if there were three base runners and all did this, the inning would be over with all 3 being out before the batter rounded the bases.
Wow.... Post all these... I want to play along.
Guess #1 is it's a trick question.
Guess #2 is a stretch: when the ball crosses the fence, fans rush the field physically not allowing the runners to advance. The umpires call the game but can only assume the batter's run.
Re: trivia help
My guess is:
The second the baseball lands over the fence the run is scored. If the batter passes the other baserunners while making his (or her) way to home plate the runners are out. Therefore the batter scores and the others don't.
If he passes all three base runners (which he would in a bases loaded situation) the run is still counted because the homer is registered before any or all of the runners are passed.
I like guess #2. I might blow the answer but i bet trivia person would never expect that one LOL
What if there were zero outs, two runners are thrown/tagged out. The hitter passes one of the runners between third and home. Would the run be counted before the final out?
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I think if the runner passes another he is out
Perhaps the three base runners are women.
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Or along the same line of reasoning. Runners on third is thrown out at home. Runner on second doesn't step on third before crossing the plate. Runner on first is tagged out between second and third after runner on second crosses the plate. The failure to step on third is appealed after batter scores. What is the result in this scenario?
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The run wouldn't count. If the runner passes the other runner, as soon as the lead runner would have to score also for both runs to count
Run doesn't count. If a play is appealed successfully, then anything that happens after the missed third base, assuming this is the third out, is wiped out.
Let Dirtydawg answer this question
No. The third out would happen before the batter crosses the plate.
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