Fielder's choice or what?
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:23 pm
Here's what happened. Runners on first and second. Batter hits a grounder to the first baseman who could have put the batter out unassisted at first but throws instead to second trying for a double play. Unfortunately, the ball hits the runner going to second squarely in the back. Ball rolled into right, the runner originally on first got to third and the runner originally on second scored. Everybody is safe.
Don't know the official scorer's full ruling, but scoreboard showed E3. Also, number of hits by the batting team did not increase.
I recorded the batter safe on a fielder's choice because the first baseman could have made the out but chose to throw to second. Throwing error on first baseman allowed both runners to advance.
Naturally, everyone around me disagrees. What are the rules for this play?
Question 2: why does it seem that there are more questions about fielder's choice on this forum than any other subject?
Don't know the official scorer's full ruling, but scoreboard showed E3. Also, number of hits by the batting team did not increase.
I recorded the batter safe on a fielder's choice because the first baseman could have made the out but chose to throw to second. Throwing error on first baseman allowed both runners to advance.
Naturally, everyone around me disagrees. What are the rules for this play?
Question 2: why does it seem that there are more questions about fielder's choice on this forum than any other subject?