quote:Originally posted by northwest:
agreed... if the 1B fields it cleanly, you can ASSUME he'll see the runner coming down the line and throw home.
The trouble with these kinds of questions, are they are really almost impossible to give a firm answer on unless you’re there to actually see the play. And with this particular question, as an experienced scorer, I tend to see it differently than the other posters.
If things were as described, I think there’s a pretty good chance that had the 1b fielded the ball cleanly, he’d have disregarded the runners and made sure of getting the out, even if it meant a runner scored, because that run meant absolutely nothing. Usually the 1b would be playing back in that situation, so I can almost hear the coaches and the bench yelling to get the out because the last thing they want to see is a snowball fight at that point in a contest.
Like I said, so much depends on what’s happening at the moment, and its really a toss-up on calls like that.