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Originally Posted by Dyzalot
Why? That's how it is categorized by MLB so OOTP has no way of knowing how many of those were balls in the dirt that the runner got caught stealing on.
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I believe it is scored as a fielder's choice, which is kinda' like the baseball equivalent of "we don't know what to call it, so we'll just throw it into this poorly defined category and hope no one notices."
EDIT: Actually, the scoring rule makes sense. If the runner wouldn't have been credited with a stolen base if he had been successful, he shouldn't be charged with a caught stealing if he's unsuccessful. For instance, if a runner successfully advances when a pitched ball eludes the catcher, he still wouldn't get a stolen base. Instead, he'd be credited with advancing on a wild pitch. So if the catcher throws the runner out trying to advance on that play, it wouldn't be fair to charge the runner with a caught stealing. As the Comment to Rule 10.07(h) states: "The official scorer shall not charge a runner with a caught stealing if such runner would not have been credited with a stolen base had such runner been safe (for example, when a catcher throws the runner out after such runner tries to advance after a ball that had eluded the catcher on a pitch)."