23 ways to get on first base

[GOINGDEEP]

A local radio station was giving away tickets to a concert to whoever could list the most ways to get a man on first base. Here is the winning list. What you think?


1. walk
2. intentional walk
3. hit by pitch
4. dropped 3rd strike
5. failure to deliver pitch in 20 seconds
6. catcher interference
7. fielder interference
8. spectator interference
9. fan obstruction
10. fair ball hits ump
11. fair ball hits runner
12. fielder obstructs runner
13. pinch-runner
14. fielder's choice
15. force out at another base
16. preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17. sac bunt fails to advance runner
18. sacrifice fly dropped
19. runner called out on appeal
20. error
21. four illegal pitches
22. single
23. game suspended with runner on first, that player is traded prior to the makeup;
new player is allowed to take his place

 

[quincy]

Way to complicate for me.

There is no difference between 1 and 2 so I kind of gave up on the list.

Edited to add: #2 does not exist

 

[GOINGDEEP]

Quincy, think about 1 and 2. First is 4 pitches that are called balls. Second is putting the runner on base with pitch outs. ( intentional )

 

[quincy]

The defense has to pitch. If they want to intentionally throw 4 pitches that the batter cannot hit great, they have to execute it. If they execute it correctly the batter walks. Umpire is just calling balls and strikes.

There are no Intentional walks, it is a boring old walk.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

Quincy. I don't think you have reached the level of intentional walks yet.*

Tight game, 2 runners on, big hitter up. Yea I'm gonna walk her, load the bases for a force out across the board. Happens alot in upper levels of ball. I'll take my chance with a lesser batter in the box.*

 

[quincy]

I have had pitchers intentional throw 4 pitches out of the strike zone that the batter could not hit, it is a walk. #2 does not exist, it is a walk.

I am not sure how else to say it.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

If your catcher gets up off her butt, and moves outside in a prone position to catch 4 pitches out of the zone it's an intentional walk. Have you ever watched MLB do this? It's pretty common. I think you are confused between a pitcher throwing close to the zone with a catcher in a normal stance and one who stands up way out of the zone, away from the batter having any chance of putting the bat on the pitch. Google it if you don't believe me.

 

[Greenmonsters]

A local radio station was giving away tickets to a concert to whoever could list the most ways to get a man on first base. Here is the winning list. What you think?


1. walk
2. intentional walk
3. hit by pitch
4. dropped 3rd strike
5. failure to deliver pitch in 20 seconds ----X4=WALK
6. catcher interference
7. fielder interference---SAME AS 6
8 spectator interference
9. fan obstruction---SAME AS 8?
10. fair ball hits ump
11. fair ball hits runner
12. fielder obstructs runner ---SAME AS 6
13. pinch-runner
14. fielder's choice
15. force out at another base---SAME AS 14
16. preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first---SAME AS 14
17. sac bunt fails to advance runner---SAME AS 14
18. sacrifice fly dropped---SAME AS 20
19. runner called out on appeal---FALLS INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY
20. error
21. four illegal pitches----SAME AS 1
22. single
23. game suspended with runner on first, that player is traded prior to the makeup;
new player is allowed to take his place

Pretty ludicrous, but they should have included #24. Sneak out to 1B when no one is watching

 

[MTR]

IMO

1. walk
2. intentional walk Same as #1
3. hit by pitch
4. dropped 3rd strike Same as #20
5. failure to deliver pitch in 20 seconds
6. catcher interference Catcher’s obstruction (could also be considered in #20)
7. fielder interference Obstruction
8. spectator interference
9. fan obstruction Doesn’t exist, same as #8
10. fair ball hits ump Same as #22
11. fair ball hits runner
12. fielder obstructs runner Same as #7
13. pinch-runner
14. fielder's choice
15. force out at another base Same as #14
16. preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first Same as #14
17. sac bunt fails to advance runner Same as #14
18. sacrifice fly dropped Same as #20
19. runner called out on appeal Huh? Not a shot
20. error
21. four illegal pitches
22. single
23. game suspended with runner on first, that player is traded prior to the makeup;
new player is allowed to take his place

 

[fireball]

Yes, 1 and 2 are both base on balls, MLB keeps a separate stat for intentional base on balls.