Comments on: Brain Game: MLB 2009 #4

By: SteveO

SteveO — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:56:00 +0000

You can, however, kick the ball on defense. Remember the Paul O’Neil play? Classic.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:45:00 +0000

I did know the rule, but I must confess, I am an umpire. But there are many obscure rules in the MLB rulebook. I implore someone to look up the ‘scratch rule’ and tell me you’ve ever heard of that before.

By: Ryan H

Ryan H — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:41:00 +0000

Also Dre, another part of the rule is if you stop a ball that is going to be a HR, then it automatically counts as a HR.

By: Ryan H

Ryan H — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:38:00 +0000

This is my favorite obscure baseball rule.

We were actually talking about this at lunch earlier in the week as I caught a foul at a minor league game this past weekend (using my hands) and it made me think of the rule.

By: Dre

Dre — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:49:00 +0000

If I was an outfielder, and the ball is most certainly over your head for a homerun I would throw my Glove everytime at it, to at least stop it from going over the fence….regardless it would save 1 run if the home run turns into a triple……

By: GBurns

GBurns — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:00 +0000

I knew about the throwing the glove we use to talk about it but I’ve never seen it applied in little league game, which is the only place I’ve seen a kid throw his glove at a ball. While batting with a man on 2nd and 3rd I pointed out to the ump that the catcher had committed a balk and the runners advanced scoring a run. Strange thing is I had just read the rule not 10 minutes prior while sitting on the bench and could not believe it happened the next time I got to bat.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:32:00 +0000

Very interesting rule. Has this ever happened in a real game situation?

I agree with Michigan mom about an article where obscure rules have come into play or even an article where something occurred and a rule was created.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:25:00 +0000

If you can throw your glove at a ball and catch it in midair, your team should automatically win the game. The odds of that are one in a bilion.

By: Michigan mom

Michigan mom — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Wow I didn’t know that. There’s a lot of interesting rules for situations that rarely or never seem to happen. I wonder how often this situation has occurred.

I’d absolutely love it if you could do an article about the rare occurrences when obscure baseball rules (and other sports too?)have had to be put in effect.