Two teams are playing a game on a field which borders a farm. A batter hits a ball which rolls to the fence, just inside the LF foul line. The left fielder goes to pick it up, but a stray hog runs onto the field and eats the ball. You are the scorer. How do you score it??
2007-03-04 18:19:21 · 6 answers · asked by Barry auh2o 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ground rule double, unless the runner was already on the way to 3rd, the umpire would have to use his judgment. That reminds meIn high school, we were playing a team in a podunk town with horses in a barn behind the right field fence. A horse wandered over in the 3rd inning and poked his head in the field. Our cleanup hitter pulled a line drive that promptly smacked the horse right in the face. The balled would have hit the fence if the horse wouldn't have been there but the it was ruled a homerun, true story.
2007-03-04 19:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by capdaddy81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You score it in accordance with what the umpire decides to rule. Of course, this situation isn't covered in the rules, so the umpire will have to invoke Rule 9.01(c), which gives him the authority to rule on any matters not specifically addressed by the rules.
In this case, I would rule it spectator interference and award the bases I think the runners would have acquired had the interference not happened.
2007-03-05 03:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ground rule double
2007-03-05 02:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by gberg_4 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
More of a ground rule gobble.
2007-03-05 02:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by Terja 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would rule this the dumbest question I have read on here today. So thank you for that.
2007-03-05 05:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by skisram 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The ball is gone. Treat it as a homer.
2007-03-05 02:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by queensassey 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋