General Baseball Question

[thatcoolguy_22]

I play in an adult baseball league here in Seoul. In our game yesterday there was a ground rule double with a runner on 2nd base. The runner failed to touch 3rd base. I yelled out and they threw me the ball at 3rd and I tagged the bag. The umpires conferred and said the runner was safe at home. It was an automatic 2 bags as the ball bounced over the fence, but should the runner have been out?

We won the game 4-3, so I'm not too concerned, but I was pretty heated yesterday. Just trying to see if I was wrong in my assessment of the play.

Thoughts?

[westofyou]

Runner should be out, he missed the bag. The bag isn't assumed if the ball is in a ground rule

[westofyou]

Rule 7.05(i) Comment: The fact a runner is awarded a base or bases without liability to be put out does not relieve him of the responsibility to touch the base he is awarded and all intervening bases. For example: batter hits a ground ball which an infielder throws into the stands but the batter-runner missed first base. He may be called out on appeal for missing first base after the ball is put in play even though he was “awarded” second base.


http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/runner_7.jsp

[thatcoolguy_22]

Rule 7.05(i) Comment: The fact a runner is awarded a base or bases without liability to be put out does not relieve him of the responsibility to touch the base he is awarded and all intervening bases. For example: batter hits a ground ball which an infielder throws into the stands but the batter-runner missed first base. He may be called out on appeal for missing first base after the ball is put in play even though he was “awarded” second base.


http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/runner_7.jsp

Thanks! I knew I was right. Their reasoning was ridiculous and I was nearly tossed for arguing. Appreciate the quick response too.

[Razor Shines]

I play in an adult baseball league here in Seoul. In our game yesterday there was a ground rule double with a runner on 2nd base. The runner failed to touch 3rd base. I yelled out and they threw me the ball at 3rd and I tagged the bag. The umpires conferred and said the runner was safe at home. It was an automatic 2 bags as the ball bounced over the fence, but should the runner have been out?

We won the game 4-3, so I'm not too concerned, but I was pretty heated yesterday. Just trying to see if I was wrong in my assessment of the play.

Thoughts?

Did they do the appeal the right way? I've seen umpires basically ignore it if it's not properly appealed.

[George Anderson]

He is out.

Generally as long as you appeal before the next pitch, the umpire will tend to be lenient on the formalities of the appeal.