Comments on: I got it

By: ryan main

ryan main — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:43:36 +0000

I just got done reading the new issue of SI. And they talked about a team that ran the “Rainbow play”. my high school team also ran the play. I play 1st for alwood high school in illinois we resently pulled a major upset of a Rockrige team in a reganal semi-final game. we did it the same way but the first thing we did was clank bats together in the dug out it worked to prefection and turned the tide of the game. that was the best game in the history of my 143 kid high school.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 31 May 2007 07:09:37 +0000

I recall someone in the bigs being called for interference because as a baserunner he specifically chose to stand in a spot such that he screened an infielder from seeing an incoming throw.

If I’m remembering it right, the baserunner was insistent that there’s no such rule, and yet he was called.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:49:57 +0000

Ah — depends on the league, etc. I don’t know if it would have been called interference, and I don’t have a copy of the college rules. I meant here that he was disrupting the play.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:49:03 +0000

Can you provide a rule citation for this? Looking at my National Baseball Congress rules (1995) and MLB’s rules (2007) on interference, there is nothing that, to my eyes, would warrant the call of interference by the umpire in this situation.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:21:56 +0000

Hey. Well, obviously there’s a fine line here: I want to try and point out when I discuss these things where there’s more in the book you can learn about, without being obnoxious about it.

Or really, even annoying.

Sooooo… apologies if it’s annoying, and at least know it’s something I do think about, if I might error on the side of pushing the book a little, for equally obvious reasons.

By: Zippercat

Zippercat — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:59:43 +0000

I’ve enjoyed reading your site and hope to read your book soon too. One suggestion: you don’t have to constantly remind us what’s “in the book” every time you comment. We know you want to sell books, but I think it takes away from your message and makes you seem like a cheap salesman. Your comments are good enough that they alone will make us want to read (buy!) your book!