trivia time, just for dj

[LonestarROB]

Good try. Your right about a no hitter. A Perfect game is when NOBODY reaches base, whether it be by a walk, hit batter or what ever.

It's cool with me if you don't know nothing about baseball. It's not much fun following anymore anyways. You made this board and it's ten times more intertainingand interesting then any baseball game is or could ever be. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[djb]

How can a person with a walk NOT reach a base?

[LonestarROB]

I think you read my post too fast. To pitch a perfect game, the pitcher CAN NOT, walk a batter, hit a batter, or give up a hit to a batter. Understand now?

[djb]

Almost..one more question. What if the batter hits the ball, but it's caught and he's called out?

[LonestarROB]

Uh well, he's out [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] . Perfect game and no hitter still intact.

[djb]

Ok now I get it.

[djb]

So if a pitcher were to get a no-hitter, but not a perfect game, than does that mean he gives up some walks or something?

[LonestarROB]

All be darn, your catching on. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[djb]

Is there any other way for a batter to get on base during a no-hitter?

[MFFL]

So if a pitcher were to get a no-hitter, but not a perfect game, than does that mean he gives up some walks or something?

Yes. And those walks (or a hit batter, or passed balls) can score runs and the no hitter can remain intact. As long as the pitcher does not allow a HIT, he has a no-hitter.

You can have a no-hitter and still have a loss.

[LonestarROB]

Hit batter(batter getting hit be the pitchers pitch). By an Error, and a batter also has the oppertunity to reach base on a dropped 3rd strike.

[djb]

Ok I know what a walk is. I assume a hit batter is just what is sounds like. But what's a passed ball?

[djb]

Ugh also what's an error.

[LonestarROB]

Pass Ball is when the catcher can't handle the pitch from the pitcher and the ball gets pass the catcher.

[djb]

Is that an automatic walk or something?

[LonestarROB]

An Error is basically when a fielder has the oppertunity to make a play for the ball(after it's hit) and has time to get the out, but fails to do so.

[LonestarROB]

"Is that an automatic walk or something? "

No. If the batter swings(and it's strike 3 on the batter), the batter is allowed to run to first base. If the catcher retreives the ball quick enough, he can throw to the first basemen and get the batter out. The pitcher is rewarded with a strikeout no matter what the case.

If there's a player on base when a passball/wild pitch happens, the base runner can advance as far as he thinks he can make it(usually just 1 base).

Other wise the pass ball or wild pitch is just a ball(if the player doesn't swing at it) and play continues.

[djb]

So the pass ball has to happen on the 3rd strike? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] Also, once the ball gets passed the catcher, the batter can run towards first base but he could still get out right? Meaning, he doesn't automatically get on first base.

[LonestarROB]

"So the pass ball has to happen on the 3rd strike?"

No, it can happen at any time. Only on a 3rd strike is the batter allowed to run to first base though.

"Also, once the ball gets passed the catcher, the batter can run towards first base but he could still get out right? Meaning, he doesn't automatically get on first base."

Yes

[MFFL]

The really cool thing about a passed ball on the third strike is that it still counts as a strikeout (but not an out). So a pitcher can get more than 3 strikeouts in an inning. Charlie Hough almost got 4 in an All-Star game.

That was the funniest scene. Hough got to pitch an inning and the catcher had never caught a knuckleballer before. The catcher must have let 5 or 6 balls past him. Hough had 3 strikeouts and 2 strikes on the last batter of the inning but the guy flied out.

[Flying Tiger]

<< The really cool thing about a passed ball on the third strike is that it still counts as a strikeout (but not an out). So a pitcher can get more than 3 strikeouts in an inning. Charlie Hough almost got 4 in an All-Star game. >>


Hence the reason that my trivia question if possible.