Say it happened in Fenway, short rightfield fence, how does the umpire decide if the runner was heading toward third when the ball slipped out of the rightfielder's hand and it lands in the box seats.
2006-09-26 11:50:18 · 17 answers · asked by mac 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
If it was a fly ball and hit the rightfeilders hand/glove and went over to the wall before it touches the ground it will be a homerun.
Sceenario two: A basehit to rightfeild and the RF gets to it but while trying to get the ball out of his glove it goes into the the stands it will be like a infeilder throwing it into the stands. And it will count as a One base error. So the batter/runner will be awarded second base.
Scenario Three: Same as above but if the runner was close enough to second base and it was in the umpire judgment that the play without the error would be a third base they can award him third base as well
2006-09-27 13:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by football298 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fly ball that is juggled and then goes over the fence will be a home run (this happened to the Blue Jays Alex Rios this year in right field while in Fenway), if it not a clean catch and the and the ball goes over the fence then it is also a home run (this also happened to Wily Mo Pena this year while in right at Fenway).
If the ball is caught cleanly and some how the outfielder loses it over the fence the runners on base are allowed to advance at least a base (I foreget if they are allowed two or not). Something like this happened in a game where an outfielder thought there were 3 out when it was really 2 and threw the ball into the seats for a fan, well there was a guy on thrid and he was allowed to score.
Finally if a fielder plays a ground ball and makes a bad throw sending the ball into the seats the runner advances a base.
2006-09-26 12:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As per baseball rules:
As long as the ball travels over the fence without touching the playing surface, the play is ruled a home run.
Unless the ball ricocheted off the glove to the top of the wall or something and a fan reached over and pulled it into the stands. Then it would be a ground rule double.
2006-09-26 12:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is confusing....I assume that are saying the runner hit a ball on the ground to the right field corner.....the batter was on the run and the outfielder got it and then lost it into the stands when he started to throw it......I want to say this would be a judgment call by the umpire as to where he would have gotten on the bases with the throw coming in.....probably might take a conference to make this call.......if you are talking about a ball that was on the fly and it touches the outfielder and then goes out it is a "Home run".....I was the hitter and it happended to me...2 run homer....we won the city championship 2-1!!....my buddy that dropped it over still crys about it.....over 40 years ago!!
2006-09-26 11:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I say is based on baseball rule 7.05 (see mlb.com for whole rulebook). If the ball never bounces and is never caught, it is a HR. That actually happened a month ago. If the ball has already been caught (on abounce or in the air) and afterwards, the fielder loses control, sending it into the stands, the runners advance 2 bases. As for the batter, he goes to 2nd unless the ball was caught in the air.
It doesn't matter if the runner was headed for third in this particular scenario, since 2 bases from 2nd or 3rd is enough to score. (If a runner is between 2nd and 3rd, however, it's like being on second.)
2006-09-26 12:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by x 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what happened first.
If the ball was hit and it slips through the glove and goes over the fence and it hasn't hit the ground, it's a homerun.
If it bounced first then slips through the glove, it's a book-ruled double.
Perhaps the fielder caught the ball and it slipped out of his hand and over the fence. If so, the ball is dead and the baserunners get two bases from where they were at the time the ball left the player's hand/glove.
2006-09-26 13:56:56 · answer #6 · answered by pgh9fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ball never touches the ground, it is a home run, unless it was ruled that it was done on the transfer from the glove to the hand, then it is a dead ball and the runner advances one base, including the base he was already going to. To answer you other question, it is at the umpire's sole discretion to decide whether or not the runner was already advancing.
2006-09-26 11:55:33 · answer #7 · answered by VantheMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whether, im no longer even effective if the regulation of physics enables such pondering how outfeild partitions are built at a concave attitude with the grass, the two way, i might nonetheless say particular. Any ball that hits the grass and then bounces out would be ruled a floor rule double.
2016-10-18 00:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home Run. If a ball doesn't touch the ground at all, even off a fielder, in and out of a glove, it is a home run.
2006-09-26 11:54:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it does not hit the ground first and goes right into the stands, it is a home run.
2006-09-27 02:05:17 · answer #10 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋