.mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side .header__subnav__item,.mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side .header__subnav__group-title{padding:14px 10px;}/*!sc*/ .blLcNM .content .share-btn button{font-weight:600;}/*!sc*/ 2020 NFHS POINTS OF EMPHASIS AND HOW TO FOLLOW THEM. article > header{padding:0 16px;}/*!sc*/ sub{bottom:-0.25em;}/*!sc*/ To them, the dropped third strike is a bit of a gut punch.\n\nYoure excited, Romo said. .mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__nav-item__text'],.mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__nav-item__link'],.mHQYb header.mlb-header [class$='__button-text']{text-transform:uppercase;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .mlb-header__login-menu__link:hover{background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#002867;border-radius:3px;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:1024px){.groqnz.markdown,.groqnz.photo figcaption,.groqnz.oembed .social-embed{padding:0;}}/*!sc*/ Anytime first base is unoccupied, or there are two outs, and the third strike is not caught, the batter-runner is entitled to advance. @media (min-width:500px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{-webkit-flex-basis:60%;-ms-flex-preferred-size:60%;flex-basis:60%;}}/*!sc*/ Continuous Appeal Discussion with Ted Barrett and Chris Welsh. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:hover{background-color:#057AFF;color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ The third strike was this weird hybrid of fair and foul, taking on certain aspects of each. I wouldnt say its an unfair rule, said veteran reliever Sergio Romo. A member of the fielding team delivers the ball to a batter, who attempts to hit it. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.account{-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;padding:0 0 0 4px;white-space:nowrap;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;}/*!sc*/ .hHLkAw input::-ms-clear{display:none;}/*!sc*/ .drUhS{pointer-events:none;width:100%;height:100%;display:inline-block;overflow:visible;fill:#000000;stroke:#000000;}/*!sc*/ However, if 1st base is occupied and there are less than 2 outs, the batter is out regardless of if the 3rd strike is dropped or not. .blLcNM .content >:nth-last-child(2){border:none;margin-right:auto;padding-right:48px;}/*!sc*/ NOTE: Any runner, after reaching first base, who leaves the baseline heading for the dugout or his defensive position believing that there is no further play, shall be declared out if the umpire judges the act of the runner to be considered abandoning his efforts to run the bases. .cwEpxl:hover{background-color:transparent;}/*!sc*/ .groqnz.markdown,.groqnz.photo figcaption,.groqnz.oembed .social-embed{padding:0 16px;}/*!sc*/ abbr[title]{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration:underline dotted;text-decoration:underline dotted;}/*!sc*/ @media (max-width:1024px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__sponsor-url-logos--no-sponsor{display:none;}}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__list--sm{font-size:12px;min-width:150px;}/*!sc*/ Nobody is seriously questioning whether the rule ought to exist. He is then entitled to it until he is put out, or forced to vacate it for another runner legally entitled to that base. WebA dropped third strike can result in the batter being able to advance to first base in two scenarios either when there are less than two outs and first base is unoccupied, or .huJzbO{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item--parent[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner a,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item--parent[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner span{color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team + .p-search-item--player:before{border-top:1px solid #ddd;content:'Players';left:10px;right:10px;}/*!sc*/ .hspSPq svg{padding-top:1px;vertical-align:top;fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ The independent Atlantic League temporarily experimented with that concept in 2019 as part of a series of revolutionary rule changes. .hedPca{color:#666666;font-size:0.833rem;font-weight:500;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:8px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__sponsor-url-logos > *{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:8px;min-height:48px;margin-bottom:8px;padding-right:8px;}/*!sc*/ .jDETbc{font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;font-size:40px;color:#222222;margin:0;}/*!sc*/ A foul tip may never become a dropped third strike, as if it is dropped it is treated as a regular foul ball (and thus is not in play), and if it is caught it is not dropped (and thus the batter is simply out). @media (min-width:1024px){.hUHmCp > article{margin:auto;max-width:967px;}.hUHmCp > article > section{grid-column:1 / span 8;}.hUHmCp > article > aside{display:block;grid-column:9 / 13;}}/*!sc*/ Some pitchers even view it as an opportunity. SECTION 78. Dropped third strikes: A look at baseball's strangest rule - MLB.com .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button .p-icon--login{width:35px;height:35px;}/*!sc*/ Perhaps thats the way we should all appraise the strangest rule in sports. How a Smart Baserunner Can Exploit the Basepath Rules, MLB Postseason Riddled with Rules Controversies, Rodger Clemens explains his Pitching Delivery, First Baseman Positioning with Runner on Base. pre{font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;}/*!sc*/ [hidden]{display:none;}/*!sc*/ How far can the batter go .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu{cursor:pointer;}/*!sc*/ I like that!. Batter Drops His Bat and the Ball then Rolls into the Bat. But sometimes, that third strike isnt the end of the play. In your situation, when the umpire called strike three, then the ball was dropped, the ball is (a) (1) running more than three feet away from his/ her baseline to avoid being tagged, unless such action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. And by virtue of perhaps the strangest rule in professional sports, Calhoun was able to sprint to first unaffected by the otherwise ineffectual nature of his at-bat. If there are two outs, the batter is out because of his interference and since he is the third out, the runner cannot score. @media only screen and (min-width:568px){.hYmwpY{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}}/*!sc*/ For the first time in baseball history a player stole first base thanks to the Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes! Runners are never required to slide, but if a runner elects to slide, the slide must be legal. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-items{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;width:100%;padding:0px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__input--icon{position:absolute;top:0.75rem;right:1rem;}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR .contributor__image{margin-right:8px;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:768px){body.article .ad-top-container{min-height:106px;}}/*!sc*/ Batters were still allowed to advance if the third strike went uncaught. Dropped first strikes probably arent coming to a Major League ballpark near you. It is great-great-great-grandfathered into the rulebook at this point.\n\nSome pitchers even view it as an opportunity.\n\nIt gives you the chance to punch out four in an inning, Braves reliever Will Smith said with a smile. If advancing on a dropped third strike is wacky, imagine batters advancing on any dropped pitch. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__logo--mlb a{text-align:center;}/*!sc*/ In this situation, the batter is not out if the infielder permits the fair fly, fair line drive or fair bunt in flight to drop untouched to the ground, except when the infield fly rule (2-19-1) applies (5-1-1j). (For a similar reason, the infield fly rule was enacted eight years later.). .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu--icon span:nth-child(4){top:16px;}/*!sc*/ (Calhoun then scored when Verlanders next pitch to Andrelton Simmons was swatted over the left-center-field wall but Verlander and the Astros went on to win, anyway.). \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"That, Nationals catcher Yan Gomes said, is a cheap way of getting to first.\n\nDropped first strikes probably arent coming to a Major League ballpark near you. 8-4-1The batter-runner is out when: PENALTY: The runner is out. .blUWSx .share-icon__square{width:30px;}/*!sc*/ Oct 4, 2010. This blip in the rulebook, this curious canon, this precious little postcard from baseballs past has long since outlived the logic behind its creation. If a third strike is dropped, the batter is out. .hHLkAw input:focus{outline:none;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item{width:100%;-webkit-order:0;-ms-flex-order:0;order:0;background-color:#081c3b;border-bottom:1px solid #002867;}/*!sc*/ This removed the aforementioned logical discrepancy, but it did not remove the dropped third strike rule itself. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .account--logged-in.active::after{background:#057AFF;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-container__primary.resizing{overflow-y:hidden;}/*!sc*/ And does our continued acceptance of this purposeless precedent qualify as an unhealthy marriage to tradition?\n\nOK, there are certainly bigger issues in ball and in life. .mHQYb .p-search-item{display:block;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'mlb-primary','Helvetica Neue','Helvetica','Arial', sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ All these years later, the dropped third strike rule still has not been dropped. .mHQYb .mlb-header__login-menu{background:#ffffff;border-top:solid 4px #002867;box-shadow:0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);box-shadow:6px 6px 15px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);left:-99em;opacity:0;padding:10px;position:absolute;right:0;-webkit-transition:opacity 1ms ease 1ms;transition:opacity 1ms ease 1ms;width:160px;z-index:99992;}/*!sc*/ 116 RULE 11 / BATTING Note: The benefit of any doubt must go to the batter and could include a batter freezing and unable to move due to the unusual movement or speed of the pitch. Also, it is not necessary for runner to retouch his base after a foul tip (2-16-2); or. @media (min-width:768px){.epHHrr{max-width:500px;}}/*!sc*/ But, twice now in .kKeedG{color:#057AFF;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ is contacted by a fair batted ball before it touches an infielder, or after it passes any infielder, except the pitcher, and the umpire is convinced that another infielder has a play (5-1-1f,6-1-5). 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