Sacrifice?

If I was scoring and it was my kid, it is a hit. Any other instance I would agree with you

"Fielder's choice" The batter did not execute.

As a 1b, I would charge every bunt situation to force the batter to make a mistake. There is "nothing" automatic on this play.

Bob

@Consultant posted:

"Fielder's choice" The batter did not execute.

As a 1b, I would charge every bunt situation to force the batter to make a mistake. There is "nothing" automatic on this play.

Bob

The batter did execute. The only play the first baseman had was to go to first. The first baseman made the wrong play going to third.

That is why they call it a "fielders choice".

The 1b made the right play, the 3b did not stretch for the ball as it is a "No tag" needed play. Was the infield grass "long" or "short"? How close to the batter when the 1b fielded the ball?

Bob

@Consultant posted:

That is why they call it a "fielders choice".

The 1b made the right play, the 3b did not stretch for the ball as it is a "No tag" needed play. Was the infield grass "long" or "short"? How close to the batter when the 1b fielded the ball?

Bob

I believe the correct answer is the batter gets a plate appearance as a sacrifice and it’s also recorded as a fielder’s choice. It doesn’t make sense the batter should be penalized for executing a perfect bunt due to the first baseman’s lack of judgement.

Not a rule guru, but I thought you can never assume an out. If a play is executed without a physical error (metal errors don't count) and the runners are safe (especially on a force) I think it's an infield hit.

Times when the fielder made the wrong play and all runners were safe (rather than making the right play and getting an out), it was scored as a fielder's choice without an out, discussed recently here:

https://community.hsbaseballwe...nearned-run-question

In this case you're just changing it slightly because of the bunt.

I think this is still a SB.

@RoadRunner, you just highlighted the wrong section for RJM's question,

@T_Thomas posted:

@RoadRunner, you just highlighted the wrong section for RJM's question,

The reason I didn’t highlight that part is because ordinary effort would have put the batter out, according to @RJM. But in any case, it would be a SB, IMO. And to further clarify, when stats are kept, there are defensive stats, (for the one fielding the ball) and offensive stats (for the batter). In this case batter gets a SB according to rule as cited. And fielder made a fielders choice. No error because there are no mental errors in the scorebook. So the fielder gets nothing added to his TC (total chances), no assist, no PO (putout) either.

@T_Thomas posted:

@RoadRunner, you just highlighted the wrong section for RJM's question,

Thanks