a batter who hits an apparent game-ending home run with less than two outs would be allowed to circle the bases if a runner ahead of him doesn't continue to home plate, thinking the game is over. If there are two outs when the play begins, however, the runner who abandons trying for home plate would be the third out and the home run would not count
2007-02-18 13:57:04 · 9 answers · asked by gilldawg92 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
This is not a new rule. It's been around for quite awhile. I'm not sure what you don't understand, as the rule is pretty straightforward: "If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a home run out of the playing field, the batter-runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with the base-running rules, and the game ends when the batter-runner touches the plate" (4.11).
If a runner ahead of the batter-runner abandons his effort to run the bases, it is the runner who is declared out on appeal; the batter-runner is not to be called out for "passing" the preceding runner.
To a previous poster who said the passed runner is out, that's never the case. The runner who passes is always the one in violation of the rules.
2007-02-18 18:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It prevents a situation that it highly unlikely to have happened. With a runner on base, in a walk off situation, if that runner does something stupid to get himself called out, the batter can still circle the bases and get the score. If the runner does not do anything stupid and touches all the bases, the batter still gets to circle the bases and get credit for a home run
2007-02-18 22:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If say there is a man on third with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and the batter hits a walk off, the man on third has to run home, and cannot go to the dugout or not touch home to let the hitter circle the bases. Before, he wouldnt have had to touch the plate.
2007-02-18 22:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by yanks1mets2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a game ending home run is hit with less than two outs, any runners on the base will not need to actually touch home plate for the runs to count. If there are two outs and a home run is hit that would end the game, then every base runner must touch home plate for the runs to count. Example vignette: Jeter is on second with one out in the bottom of the ninth. A-Rod hits a home run to win the game. Jeter is allowed to walk off the field without touching home plate. A-Rod will then be allowed the celebratory hopping at home plate despite Jeter not touching home plate. Example Vignette 2: Jeter is on second with two outs. A-Rod hits a home run. Jeter must touch home plate. If he walks off without touching home plate, then the home run is null and void, and the tenth inning starts if the game is tied, or the other team wins.
2007-02-18 22:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by Rabbit 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The lead runner is out as soon as the base runner behind him overtakes him. Thus, if there are less than two outs and a homerun is hit, the runner would be the first or second out and then the batter would score. If there are two outs the lead runner would be out as soon as the batter overtook him and would be the third out of the inning.
2007-02-18 22:48:29 · answer #5 · answered by Fresh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You cannot pass the runner ahead of you. In the 1930's Lou Gehrig actually lost a home run title when a player, I think his name was Ping Brodie, actually ran in to the dugout from 3rd and Gehrig passed him, leaving him in a tie with Babe Ruth at the end of the season.
2007-02-22 03:31:59 · answer #6 · answered by allenmontana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you remember Robin Ventura's grand slam single in the '99 NLCS? Do you remembet the circumstances? Well, under the new rule, it would still have been a HR instead of a single.
My first thought when I read about that new rule was about that incident.
2007-02-19 01:37:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
new rule ... im 38 years old and i learned this in little league. any time a runner is passed by another runner the runner that is passed is out. end of story. i didnt know it changed since then.
2007-02-19 00:00:24 · answer #8 · answered by tintapper 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply put...if your teamate hits a game-winning homerun, don't stop running until you reach homeplate. Other than that, it's just a really wordy rule...like all rules
2007-02-20 12:48:58 · answer #9 · answered by d-town 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋