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Baseball Trivia

ANSWERS

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(2) No run scores on a force out that ends an inning according to rule 4.09 a. This situation happened when Ryne Sandberg was the runner on second against the Cardinals.

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(4)A player can't be called out twice on the same play but it has happened. In one game, the bases were loaded and a hard grounder was hit to third. The third baseman stepped on the bag and fired to home to get the sliding runner. Meanwhile, the runner who started on second and was forced out, rounded third not knowing he was out. The catcher fired back to third base for the tag on the runner who was off the bag for the end of what the umpires ruled, a triple play.

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(3)The propper batter is called out. This happened to the Detroit Tigers in 1909. Cobb was the baserunner and picked up two stolen bases, while the incorredt batter, Davy Jones, recieved first base and the proper batter, Sam Crawford, was called out.

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(4)If the runner was safe, the batter would have been called out for interference, but since the catcher picked the runner anyway,the batter is allowed to remain at bat with a strike called and the runner who was picked goes back into the dugout. In the tenth inning of the '75 World Series, the Reds' Ed Armbrister was at the plate with a runner on first. He sacrificed a bunt but made no attempt to run, interfering with the catcher's attempt to field the ball. The catcher recovered the ball and whipped it to second base.

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(3)In 1921, rule 7.02 and 7.10 [b] was added. In 1933, Leonard Martin tried this and was called out when he reached home plate. Thirty years later, in 1963, Jimmy Piersall celebrated his 100th career homer by attempting this. It had not been done in so long, the umpires had forgotten the rule and no out was called.

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(4)It isn't neccessary to retouch the bag because the ball is dead. A pitcher on the Milwaukee Braves (Yes, Milwaukee) tried to appeal that he didn't retouch the bag long ago, but, of course, it didn't work.

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(1)The helmet was not touching the runner at the time of contact, therefore, it was not called a hit runner. This happened to Tim Wallach when he was running to secong after Gary Carter hit a double play ball to the first base side of second and hit his helmet which flew off while he was running.

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(4)All the runners recieve three extra bases, which means, if the bases were loaded and the batter had rounded first, it could have been considered a grand slam!!!. In 1992 the Brewers were destroying the Blue Jays 22-2. The Toronto centerfielder was finally sick of chasing down balls and threw his glove at a grounder. But the glove missed and no penalty was called.

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(3)All runners get a one base advancement. This is also what really did happen to Barry Larkin.

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(4)The 38 inch circumference rule was made after Gus Triandos, a catcher for the Orioles, couldn't hold on to the knuckler of starting pitcher, Hoyt Wilhem. So, to help him, Triandos began wearing a glove with a circumference of 45 inches!