[lit-ideas] Re: Panic Attack Rant with Crickets
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 17:10:36 -0700
Paul Stone wrote:
But of course, both passed balls and wild pitches are NOT named as such
and recorded, if no runners are on base. That's a critical -- and I
think bad rule, in the case of wild pitches. While the catcher has no
incentive to try to catch pitches, the Pitcher DOES have incentive to
put them within reach of the catcher -- especially on third strike, when
you can actually get out and still go to first, but that's hunexplainable.
That's true, and I hadn't realized it. A wild pitch is only so
identified if it enables a runner to advance. If a batter swings at a
nascent wild pitch (and it becomes the third strike) apparently the
batter can try to make it safely to first base as he or she could with a
called, swung on, or foul tipped third strike that the catcher
mishandles. I think I should ask Simon if that's really so.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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