ESO Baseball Rules
Mini Clinic
With
Rick Roder
October 31, 2007
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Welcome!
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Off-season clinics are posted twice per month at ESO
“Online Training.”
Questions are submitted by umpires via email.
For each mini clinic play you’ll be asked to “make the call.”
Use PAUSE button to read options in any frame.
Rules, sources, mechanics, helpful hints provided.
Rule differences (pro, NFHS, NCAA) will be noted.
Bonus: Monthly quiz posted last day of month.
October 31, 2007: Japan Umpires (pro rules)
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Tie game, bottom of last inning.
R3, 3-0 count, 2 outs, ball four/wild pitch.
R3 scores easily.
Then, it becomes apparent that the BR is not going to go to
first base; enters dugout with celebrating teammates.
Ruling?
A) Game over; it ends immediately with the winning run.
B) Game continues; BR was out for abandoning the bases and
was 3rd out before reaching first. Run is nullified.
Correct answer:
A) Game over; it ends immediately with the
winning run.
B) Game continues; BR was out for
abandoning the bases and was 3rd out
before reaching first. Run is nullified.
What rule applies?
OBR: 4.09b?
When the winning run is scored in the last half-inning of a
regulation game, or in the last half of an extra inning,
as the result of a base on balls, hit batter or any other
play with the bases full which forces the runner on
third to advance, the umpire shall not declare the
game ended until the runner forced to advance from
third has touched home base and the batter-runner
has touched first base.
What rule applies?
No…4.09a-1
A run is not scored if the runner advances to home base
during a play in which the third out is made
(1) by the batter-runner before he touches first base.
Also, 4.09b-Comment:
No run shall score during a play in which the third out is
made by the batter-runner before he touches first
base.
What about NFHS and NCAA?
NFHS 8-2-1, 9-1-1—All runners are required to touch their
advance base.
NCAA 8-3-AR—If any runner becomes out for any reason before
touching the base he was forced to, it is a force out. Also, in
a game-ending situation with a winning run forced home on
an award, all runners must touch their advance base or risk
being out on appeal.
So these are rule differences from OBR 4.09b, but same as
4.09a-1.
How would you handle this one?
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R3, R1, game tied, bottom of the ninth inning, 2 outs.
Base hit.
R3 touches home plate as the apparent winning run.
Batter-runner touches first.
R1 never goes near second base; joins in
celebration.
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Correct rulings:
NFHS: R1 is out, run nullifed, game resumes. All
runners must touch advance base or called out for a
force out.
NCAA: same.
Pro: Abandonment of R1 is not force out. Time play:
R3 scored before R1’s out. Game over. NOTE:
appeal at 2B would be third out/force out, nullifying
the run and game goes on.
Advice:
Game ending situations
• Keep your head up; watch and take mental notes.
• Know that what appears to be final is not necessarily
so.
• Don’t be in a super-sized hurry to get off the field.
• If one partner gets involved in a discussion, the other
should try to keep an eye on everything else.
Thank you for participating!
Next ESO Mini Clinic: November 15
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