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Eugene Church · 08-08-2023, 11:56 AM

MY LIFE IN 2023
EC's Life's Filled with Glee in '23

As you buckaroos know, EC was never a serious reader of good literature... my only serious reading was done in the sports pages of the local newspapers, The Sporting News and sports magazines... in the last few years I got serious and read some fine baseball classics like The Boys of Summer and Ball Four.

I just started a fun new book, Baseball Bafflers 2 by Slammin' Sam Weiser... it's a baseball quiz, filled with trivia and strange moments in baseball history.

"Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds"

EC loves the book's dedication: "To Those Who Hate To Read, But Love Baseball".

Excerpt from Baseball Bafflers 2:

A Heads-Up Play
A batter hits a long fly ball that bounces off the center-field fence, strikes the outfielder on the head and bounces into the stands. The umpire rules a ground-rule double.

Is the ruling a good one?

The umpire is right when he rules a "bounding" fair ball that is deflected by a player into the stands in fair territory is a double. Once a fly ball hits the fence, it is considered to be a "bounding" ball, not a ball "in flight" -- that is, a fair fly ball "in flight" that is deflected by a player into the stands in fair territory -- is a home run.

The Expos' Andre Dawson, in a 1977 game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, rocketed a long fly ball to center field that bounded off the wall, struck Dodger outfielder Rick Monday on the head and bounced into the stands.

Dawson got a double, Monday a headache.

Here's another related situation:
A batter hits a line drive that bounces out of the glove of the left fielder and flies over the fence into the stands. The umpire ruled the hit a double.

Is he right?

The umpire, in this case, is wrong and should be overruled. When an umpire miscalls a book rule, another arbiter may reverse his call.

In a 1953 game between the Cardinals and the host Braves, Milwaukee's Bill Bruton hit a fly ball that deflected off left fielder Enos Slaughter's glove and bounced over the fence. One umpire called the hit a double, another arbiter reversed the call and awarded the batter a home run.

The second umpire's decision, based upon the rule that a fair fly ball "in flight" that is deflected by a fielder into the stands in fair territory is a home run, was a correct one. Bruton was awarded a game-winning homer.

08-08-2023, 11:56 AM	#9643
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,054	MY LIFE IN 2023 EC's Life's Filled with Glee in '23 As you buckaroos know, EC was never a serious reader of good literature... my only serious reading was done in the sports pages of the local newspapers, The Sporting News and sports magazines... in the last few years I got serious and read some fine baseball classics like The Boys of Summer and Ball Four. I just started a fun new book, Baseball Bafflers 2 by Slammin' Sam Weiser... it's a baseball quiz, filled with trivia and strange moments in baseball history. "Wit, Quips and Quotes from the Diamond Minds" EC loves the book's dedication: "To Those Who Hate To Read, But Love Baseball". Excerpt from Baseball Bafflers 2: A Heads-Up Play A batter hits a long fly ball that bounces off the center-field fence, strikes the outfielder on the head and bounces into the stands. The umpire rules a ground-rule double. Is the ruling a good one? The umpire is right when he rules a "bounding" fair ball that is deflected by a player into the stands in fair territory is a double. Once a fly ball hits the fence, it is considered to be a "bounding" ball, not a ball "in flight" -- that is, a fair fly ball "in flight" that is deflected by a player into the stands in fair territory -- is a home run. The Expos' Andre Dawson, in a 1977 game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, rocketed a long fly ball to center field that bounded off the wall, struck Dodger outfielder Rick Monday on the head and bounced into the stands. Dawson got a double, Monday a headache. Here's another related situation: A batter hits a line drive that bounces out of the glove of the left fielder and flies over the fence into the stands. The umpire ruled the hit a double. Is he right? The umpire, in this case, is wrong and should be overruled. When an umpire miscalls a book rule, another arbiter may reverse his call. In a 1953 game between the Cardinals and the host Braves, Milwaukee's Bill Bruton hit a fly ball that deflected off left fielder Enos Slaughter's glove and bounced over the fence. One umpire called the hit a double, another arbiter reversed the call and awarded the batter a home run. The second umpire's decision, based upon the rule that a fair fly ball "in flight" that is deflected by a fielder into the stands in fair territory is a home run, was a correct one. Bruton was awarded a game-winning homer. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-16-2023 at 01:22 PM.