Jackie Runs the Bases

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Posted By: whycough

"In Chicago, with the game a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth, he drew four balls and sprinted, not walked, to first base. He made the turn, and was on second before the Cub catcher could pull himself together. That piece of daring tore the game wide open, and we got four runs that inning.
In Pittsburgh, with the score tied 2-all late in the game, Jackie stole home on Ostermueller. Later, on an infield out, he sped in from second.
Time and again he raced from first to third on a sacrifice bunt. In Brooklyn, facing Johnny Sain, who was always rough, he bunted, went to second when Sain threw badly, and instead of stopping there, sailed right into third. Sain blew up, and was out of the game in the first inning. Brooklyn went on to win."

From Leo Durocher's "The Dodgers and Me". Last Chapter, "The Memorable Year '47". Thought I would share.

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

Boy, I love Jackie Robinson.

Thanks for sharing that. I get goose bumps when I think of how important Jackie was, on how many different levels.

-Al

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Posted By: Steve f

The epitome of a role model.

Embarrased for the way he was treated by many former players. So began a bittersweet time in the Majors and the Country. I hadn't heard of this, thanks for sharing that exerpt. Another to add to my unread stack.

This ain't worth a lot, but cherished as much as my Honus, Cobb, Gehrig etc etc.

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Posted By: DMcD

He stretched a walk in to a double?? Is that even legal?

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Posted By: peter chao

David,

It probably never happened before so there was no rule covering it. But I assume that while the ball is in play, baserunners can take off at any time.

The only time a baserunner can't take off is if a ball is fouled off by the hitter.

Peter

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Posted By: peter chao

David,

It probably never happened before so there was no rule covering it. But I assume that while the ball is in play, baserunners can take off at any time.

The only time a baserunner can't take off is if a ball is fouled off by the hitter.

Peter

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Posted By: DMcD

Thank you, Peter. Makes sense. I guess that's what you would call audacious baserunning.

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Posted By: Andrew Parks

The ball becomes dead when:

1) The ball is hit foul.
2) A pitched ball hits a batter.
3) The batter reaches on catcher's interference.
4) A batted ball hits a runner.
5) A ball is thrown out of play.

The ball remains live on ball four. A play we sometimes run with my high school team is on a ball four with a runner on third, we send the runner on to second, like Jackie did in the above scenario. It's a great play because the guy either steals second easily or we get the runner in from third when the defense tries to get the batter/runner out at second.

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Posted By: Darren

The ball is also dead when time is called.