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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 16 2006, 09:00 PM (158 Views) | |
| kyyankgrrl | Aug 16 2006, 09:00 PM Post #1 |
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What the heck is an "automatic ball"? Not an "intentional ball". I'm following the Yanks-Orioles game on mlb gameday, and in the bottom of the 8th, the 3rd pitch to Bobby Abreu was listed as an "automatic ball". What izzit? |
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| KeepTheFaith | Aug 16 2006, 09:04 PM Post #2 |
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I've never heard that before must have been a type or something |
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| warriors fan | Aug 16 2006, 09:08 PM Post #3 |
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark_jayson/1503508.html iono, just googled it |
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| KeepTheFaith | Aug 16 2006, 09:10 PM Post #4 |
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That's not official though is it? |
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| oeshbach | Aug 16 2006, 09:11 PM Post #5 |
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I didn't see anything on that page about it |
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| oeshbach | Aug 16 2006, 09:17 PM Post #6 |
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Here I found it... http://cmdr-scott.blogspot.com/2003/10/mlb...-of-change.html
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Aug 16 2006, 09:27 PM Post #7 |
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I've seen it say that on gameday too. |
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| Rockshu | Aug 16 2006, 10:15 PM Post #8 |
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Cool, I never knew that. By the way PK, nice avatar... :lol: |
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| oeshbach | Aug 16 2006, 10:18 PM Post #9 |
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I remembered it after I found it. It is a rule that rarely gets called. It is supposed to speed the game up I think. |
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| kyyankgrrl | Aug 16 2006, 10:21 PM Post #10 |
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So it's just really up to the ump to decide if a pitcher is taking too long.....and the pitcher doesn't have to throw the ball at all and the ump can just say "automatic ball, slow poke?" Interesting. |
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| oeshbach | Aug 16 2006, 10:23 PM Post #11 |
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I don't know how it works? It doesn't really make sense. You always see the pitcher hold the ball until the batter steps out to see if they are going to bunt with a runner on base but they don't get called then. |
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| vivjeter | Aug 16 2006, 10:26 PM Post #12 |
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I saw that too and wondered what it meant. Thanks for the info. |
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| Rockshu | Aug 16 2006, 10:40 PM Post #13 |
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I'm pretty sure that once the pitcher steps onto the mound, they have 12 seconds to throw the ball. I know it's 12 seconds because a Blue Jay pitcher got yelled at by an umpire earlier this season. He was taking like 11.5 seconds, and the 2nd base umpire whipped out his stop-watch and told him to speed it up. |
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