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Old 06-03-2010, 02:25 AM   #30
Left-handed Badger
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Originally Posted by crackpott View Post
There were no dropped balls or missed throws. If he WAS safe (he wasn't) it would have been a legitimate infield single as he just simply beat out the throw.

Errors in baseball are weird. If a ball is hit to the shortstop and he holds onto it and doesn't bother to easily throw a dude out... single.

If two players just miss a popup between them with neither actually touching it... also a hit.
Ehh, to get an error nowadays you pretty much have to have the ball blatantly go through your legs, or you severely bobble it to enable a runner advancement. Or you throw it away. 10-15 years I would regularly see plays ruled an error that would floor me on how such a tough play could get an error. The last 3 years, I have seen some real stinker of fielding plays get called hits which make me think how such an easy to field play be called a hit. Maybe just dont want to have to figure out unearned vs. eArned runs, I dont know.
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