Uncaught 3rd Strike

nixxy311 · Mar 30, 2018

Another scenario - this again may just be really bad base running - or 3rd base coach's fault..
Runner on 2nd, and D3S. Catcher throws 1B to get the batter out and runner on 2nd tries for 3rd, and 1B throws 3B and gets the tag - so easy DP.
This happened last weekend for us during ITB so we were able to get the lead runner out. It worked in our favor having catcher drop so it triggered the runner to try for 3rd.
It wasn't on purpose that she dropped it but does that happen much?

Edited to add: Above game is rec league and runner on 2nd was last batter which is normally where the ones with the least exp bat...so could have just been bad base running..

gamommax3 · Mar 30, 2018

BuckeyeBW said:
A different situation but one I have seen; ground ball to second, she tosses it to first, first baseman gets it in her glove, ump calls out at the same time 1st baseman drops the ball. Is the girl out? Ump called out is the play over?

We have seen this a ton! Ball beats the runner to first, first baseman has it for a second, umpire makes out call and then 1st baseman drops it for whatever reason. Immediate reversal of the call (usually) with the umpire pointing at the ball on the ground and then SAFE!

Eric F · Mar 30, 2018

nixxy311 said:
Regarding having the catcher throw regardless - it might just be experience but say a runner is on 1st so D3S doesn't even apply. Catcher drops 3rd strike and batter runs because A - they've been told to run on 3rd strike if it hits the ground always and B - catcher throws to 1st because they've been told to throw to 1st if it hits the ground.
This usually results in the runner on 1st stealing 2nd. Catcher may even know that that D3S doesn't apply but because the batter runs, they throw.
Should the runner get forced back to 1st or does it still just count as a steal?

It's a stolen base...and a learning opportunity for the catcher.

Chaz McNulty · Mar 31, 2018

In the MLB playoffs a few years back, there was a runner on 3rd with two out. The Blue Jay catcher was throwing the ball back to the pitcher and it inadvertently hit the batter's bat. The ball deflected up the third base line and the runner stole home. The ump put his hands up in the air and called time as the runner was coming home.

They put the runner back on 3rd but after reviewing it on the field they awarded him home. So the moral of this story is that sometimes when an ump calls TIME it doesn't really mean TIME.

MTR · Mar 31, 2018

Chaz McNulty said:
In the MLB playoffs a few years back, there was a runner on 3rd with two out. The Blue Jay catcher was throwing the ball back to the pitcher and it inadvertently hit the batter's bat. The ball deflected up the third base line and the runner stole home. The ump put his hands up in the air and called time as the runner was coming home.

Speaking USA, it is a dead ball and runners are returned to the base occupied at the time of the dead ball.

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