Re: Fielders Choice or Hit
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:55 pm
I appreciate the dialogue above as I've had the same question.
My confusion is caused by the language in 10.05.a.4:
The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:
(4) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort;
Why the language abt reaching the outfield or what is the scenario?
Originally I thought this justified a hit even when runner from first is forced out at second by outfielder. But I guess 10.05.b takes precedence.
My confusion is caused by the language in 10.05.a.4:
The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:
(4) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort;
Why the language abt reaching the outfield or what is the scenario?
Originally I thought this justified a hit even when runner from first is forced out at second by outfielder. But I guess 10.05.b takes precedence.