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Reply to "First and Third play"

2017LHPscrewball posted:

…  The catcher should really have been tagged with an error - for turning his back - but not sure that is an option in scoring the play.

 

[b]OBR rule 10.12(a)(1) Comment: …The official scorer shall not score mental mistakes or misjudgments as errors unless a specific rule prescribes otherwise….[/b]

 

If scorers were allowed to mark every mental mistake or poor judgment as an error I doubt many would find the result appealing. It’s up to coaches, managers, and team owners to determine penalties for such things, not scorers.

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