Should the Pitcher Field This?

[endgame]

Just another example of which I am skeptical. A pitch hit behind the plate and the pitcher brings it in? I'm of the opinion these guys rarely get involved in a fly ball unless it's driven right at them.

[pstrickert]

Answer: No.

[Tony M]

I would say yes in this situation.

Two runs up, and two runners on (one on third) with one out.

On a hit ball the runner on third will try for home surely. If the pitcher stays near the mound and the catcher drops the ball, the runner from third will try to score on the error and the batter will get to first, and the guy on second will get to third.

If the pitcher comes to make the catch, the catcher can be in place on home plate in case the pitcher drops it and can then flip it to the catcher to keep the runner on 3rd.

Actually, just realised that the ball would be foul, so the batter wouldn't be able to make first would he, but the runner from third could still score?

[tysok]

A pitcher is never involved in catching a popup unless he's the only guy around that CAN make the play. Even a popup right to the mound the pitcher moves out of the way and lets an infielder catch it. The only way a pitcher catches a ball is a line drive back to him or a popup bunt.

So the play is wrong.

On a different note, we did figure out that "behind the plate" seems to be a zone that stretches some distance up the baselines as well. On this one, the ball is probably caught around half way up one of the lines, making it slightly more believable, but still wrong.

[endgame]

Thanks, tysok, for your patience in continuing to assist with these - admittedly - fine tuning aspects of the play by play. In light of this version's tremendous leap forward in that regard, sometimes I'm a bit reluctant to even mention these instances. I think I have a feel for your expectations and hope these actually help in the long term.

[pstrickert]

Originally Posted by endgame

Thanks, tysok, for your patience in continuing to assist with these - admittedly - fine tuning aspects of the play by play. In light of this version's tremendous leap forward in that regard, sometimes I'm a bit reluctant to even mention these instances. I think I have a feel for your expectations and hope these actually help in the long term.

Please do not hesitate to bring these up. I'd like to see every problem fixed sooner rather than later. You've been a big help so far!

[Nutlaw]

Tt 3703

[Nutlaw]

This has been marked as something that cannot be reproduced. Does anyone else have another example?

[endgame]

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

This has been marked as something that cannot be reproduced. Does anyone else have another example?

Another one? <shaking head> How many examples do we need before it can be reproduced? I say again, of course it can't be. That's the problem. These are instances that shouldn't occur, but do. How in the world would we be expected to reproduce these when the sequence of play is out of our control and is not always going to be the same. That's both the beauty and the bane of the game, isn't it?

I'll give up on this now, but I'll maintain - in silence - that IMHO it's an inadequate designation for this kind of incident and surrenders to the idea that these things will just happen now and then.