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The burning question...
Count is 3 and 2. Batter hits a pop fly foul about one foot off of first base. The first baseman sets up for the catch, ball hits the mitt and drops to the ground.
Next pitch is a ball and the batter takes the base.
In the official stats we track base on errors. As such, would this be a base on balls or would it be a base on error?
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The burning question...
Count is 3 and 2. Batter hits a pop fly foul about one foot off of first base. The first baseman sets up for the catch, ball hits the mitt and drops to the ground.
Next pitch is a ball and the batter takes the base.
In the official stats we track base on errors. As such, would this be a base on balls or would it be a base on error?


F3 gets an error because he prolonged the at bat. Batter is not charged with a time at bat. Ball four gives batter a base on balls.

There can be no base on an error, because the error didn't allow the batter to reach base, the walk did.

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