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Test Your Baseball Knowledge: Continuous Action Appeal
Topics: Expert Analysis
The above is a video of a High-A minor league game that was played on August 31, 2022 when the Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees) hosted the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (Phillies). Let’s call the batter Jones, the runner Smith, and the pitcher Johnson. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Hudson Valley’s Jones was batting with…
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Runner Misses 2B and the defensive Team Tries an Appeal. Out or Safe?
Topics: Appeal, Base, Runners, Video - Fielder, Video - Runner
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Lineup Snafu, Mets Bat Out of Order
Topics: Batting Out of Order, Expert Analysis, Latest News, Manager, Umpire
Confusion reigned in the first inning yesterday, May 9, 2018, at Great American Ball Park, where the Mets batted out of order in their game against the Reds. Before we look at what happened, a fundamental point of the rule is, when a batter bats out of order and it’s appealed, the batter who failed to bat…