Lets say Derek Lee crushes a home run ball but blows out his knee rounding first..what happens?
2007-06-30 08:01:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
He must crawl his @ss around the bases or it doesn't count. But in reality, they can use a pinch-runner.
2007-06-30 08:14:06 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 1⤊ 7⤋
The baserunner only gets credit for the furthest base he touches no matter where the ball goes.
i.e. Walk-off homerun, if a teams only down by 1 run with 2 runner on base and the batter hits a homerun and stops at 1st, the batter only gets credit for the single, but the batter still wins the game for his team.
The defense can throw to the base the batter stopped at, missed, skipped, etc. and on the appeal the batter can be ruled out and no credit with a homerun even though the ball went over the OF wall.
A pinch runner COULD be used during the batter's homerun trot, but...honestly, in your scenario, Lee should crawl and drag himself around the bases and get the homer.
2007-06-30 08:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This actually happened a few years ago in Toronto. Gabe Kapler of the Red Sox hit a home run, rounded second ... and tore his Achilles tendon. A backup infielder whose name escapes me had to come in and complete the home-run trot.
The interesting part might be the scoring. I believe the replacement got credit for the run scored, although Kapler probably was given a home run. How many guys have more home runs than runs scored?
2007-06-30 09:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the official MLB rule book, a pinch-runner may enter the game at the base the injured player last touched (or at home if the batter is unable to run at all) and then that runner completes the run around the bases. The batter gets credit for a home run, but the run scored is credited to the pinch-runner. The injured batter may not re-enter the game.
2007-06-30 08:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Since the ball was hit out of play and is dead, the team is entitled to all four bases. A pinch hitter comes in and completes the circuit of the bases and is credited the run scored.
If, however, such an injury happens while the ball is live and in-play, the downed player can be tagged out (which is the proper play, no matter how discomforting).
Injury on HR trot: Gabe Kapler (baserunner), 2005.
Injury on live ball: Moises Alou, 1993.
Both season-ending injuries.
2007-06-30 08:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
A pinch runner will be used. Rule 5.10 (c) (1)
"(1) If an accident to a runner is such as to prevent him from proceeding to a base to which he is entitled, as on a home run hit out of the playing field, or an award of one or more bases, a substitute runner shall be permitted to complete the play."
EDIT: wdx2bb, Kapler got hurt on a home run by Tony Graffanino. Alejandro Machado pinch-ran and played center field. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR200509140.shtml
2007-06-30 08:09:41 · answer #6 · answered by DaM 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Back in the day in Babe Ruth's later years, when he hit a home run the Yankees had a kind of pinch runner waiting for him at first base. The Babe would "tag off" by slapping hands and then the runner would run the rest of the bases for him.
I have no idea if this is still legal though.
2007-06-30 08:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by big web 2 · 2⤊ 6⤋
The player can be carried. This happened once when a guy had a heart attack jogging the bases, in a minor league game. He was dead, actually.
2007-06-30 08:05:44 · answer #8 · answered by Tim O 5 · 4⤊ 7⤋
If you don't touch all the bases when you're running around, you're out.
2007-06-30 08:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by yblur 5 · 2⤊ 8⤋
they dont score the run for their team
2007-06-30 08:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 11⤋