Brown. Black & Blue, Boners & Balks - The B thread

[Leon]

the interference by fielder we can count as the catcher interference...the balk is possible but there is another....

[4815162342]

Hmm, how about 23?

1. Walk
2. Intentional walk
3. Hit by pitch
4. Dropped third strike
5. Failure to deliver pitch within 20 seconds
6. Catcher interference
7. Fielder interference
8. Spectator interference
9. Fan obstruction
10. Fair ball hits umpire
11. Fair ball hits runner
12. Fielder obstucts runner
13. Pinch-runner
14. Fielder's choice
15. Force out at another base
16. Proceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17. Sac bunt fails to advance runner
18. Sac fly dropped
19. Runner called out on appeal
20. Error
21. Four illegal pitches
22. If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to makeup, another player can take his place
23. Single

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Hmm, how about 23?

1. Walk
2. Intentional walk
3. Hit by pitch
4. Dropped third strike
5. Failure to deliver pitch within 20 seconds
6. Catcher interference
7. Fielder interference
8. Spectator interference
9. Fan obstruction
10. Fair ball hits umpire
11. Fair ball hits runner
12. Fielder obstucts runner
13. Pinch-runner
14. Fielder's choice
15. Force out at another base
16. Proceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17. Sac bunt fails to advance runner
18. Sac fly dropped
19. Runner called out on appeal
20. Error
21. Four illegal pitches
22. If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to makeup, another player can take his place
23. Single

Fine then .....I was thinking # 13

[cubsfan-budman]

No balk though...does that just advance a runner already on base?

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

No balk though...does that just advance a runner already on base?

Yes, balk only advances runners already on base.. Would never get you to first

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

Yes, balk only advances runners already on base.. Would never get you to first

A balk on a three ball count WOULD give the batter first base as a balk is called a ball.......

[frankbmd]

If you believe in devolution, this thread is for you. Fortunately this is a primarily a baseball forum. The range of topics touched upon so far have only one thing in common, the letter B. Therefore I liken the thread's current content to an episode of "Sesame Street" featuring the letter B. Specifically Episode 1845,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odjpnU28tws

A few corrections to prior posts are i order. I suggest changing the following:

Switch-hitters shall henceforth be known as bi-sided hitters.
Ambidextrous pitchers can be referred to simply as bi-dextrous pitchers.
Dropped third strikes should be Bad Catcher Play or Catcher Boner if you prefer.

The thread will welcome all "B" related content: literary, audio and visual.

So instead of considering this thread as a 17 minute wipe out, sing along and let the B games begin

Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street

Addendum: EK's post below has me worried. i admit that the reference to the B Song is a copy and paste, but not the Sesame Street song (I know it by heart).

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

A balk on a three ball count WOULD give the batter first base as a balk is called a ball.......

Most balks I'm aware of can only occur when a runner is on base, and once the pitcher comes set. Most do not involve a pitch.. Once set, if you bend you knees, don't come fully set, take your hand out of the glove, step toward the plate, etc without throwing a pitch you're "deceiving the runner" hence a balk (no change in count). If you do something crazy and fall down, and the ball comes out, it may be a balk if a runner is on base.. But think this would only be considered a ball if no runners are on and pitching from the wind up... In either case the runner would reach first on "ball" four rather than on the balk.. Right???? That's how I'd understood it.

Please explain a balk/ball 4 scenario with runners and/or with no runners.. I'm very curious since I was a pitcher in my younger days.

[Craig M]

...and there's even more!

Hopefully Frank will chime in here telling us about how he got to first base!

[Cardboard Junkie]

Pretty sure it involves that Vassar girl we heard about. Dave.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

Pretty sure it involves that Vassar girl we heard about. Dave.

Dave,

That was a home run, I don't think I even touched first base.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Dave,

That was a home run, I don't think I even touched first base.

For some reason THAT made me think of this card.