To Sacrifice or not to Sacrifice!

I'm not a scorer, but my guess is it's no longer a sac fly.

If the runner doesn't score, there is no sacrifice. Score a fly out and at bat for the hitter.

OK, I was going to leave this alone but I went looking and it looks like no sac.
From the Fed rulebook:
ART. 4 . . . A sacrifice is credited to the batter when, with not more than one
out, his bunt enables any runner to advance or his fly ball enables a runner to
score but which, in either case, results in the batter-runner being out before he
reaches first, or would have resulted in his being put out if his bunt or batted ball
had been fielded without error.

Ok. Here is where the problem is for me. The runner was called safe. Therefore, the batter executed his assignment. It was only subsequent to the play that the runner was called out. The runner's score did not count because of his mistake. However, the fly ball advanced the runner from third to home. I see it both ways, and can agree and argue with each of them.

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Originally posted by J. Fegley:
Ok. Here is where the problem is for me. The runner was called safe. Therefore, the batter executed his assignment..

the fundamental flaw is expecting baseball to be fair....it just isnt...

but to be honest it all evens out..somewhere in the season, a player will get a hit he didnt deserve....that covers up a bunch of lost sacrifices....

If I read this right, the runner was safe because he left early. If he waits to properly tag up, then can you assume he would still be safe?

I understand the dilemma, but the reality is (1) the runner hosed the batter, not you and (2) tell the batter to drive a liner up the middle next time and you'll credit him with an AB and a hit!

There are many instances when a batter can get robbed of a legit hit or pick up an at-bat when he shouldn't... you named one of them.

It's pretty common to see a hard shot to right that would be a clean single but the runner on 1st gets a bad jump or what have you and gets throw out at second; in that one you get credit for a glorious fielders choice when you ripped a clean shot.

I've had incidents like this happen to me twice this year. Once on a flyball that would've been easy to tag on and another on a sac bunt where the runner came up jogging into second base. There is nothing the hitter can do besides what he can control. He did his job and that's what matters.