Random Baseball Musings

[Famous Mortimer]

Billionaires crying poor is one of the more disgusting aspects of modern society.

[Magneto2.0]

This Wander Franco news is disturbing if true

His Ex-girlfriend is claiming he's been grooming a 14 year old girl.

[ghostrunner]

I hadn’t seen this yet. I love it.

[Magneto2.0]

[CardsofSTL]

Shouldn't that be RX

[mikechamp]

Only if they need a prescription... for more cowbell.

#TBT

#OopsWrongDay

[Leroy]

I am forced to listen to the Twins when we travel for work because my boss is a Twins fan. The announcers were making a big deal about some rook hitting a grand slam in two straight days (he had a shot at three but popped out).

Fernando Tatis says, 'Whatevs'.

[Radbird]

I did not know that.

[Magneto2.0]

I never heard of that. Has it happened in modern times?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I never heard of that. Has it happened in modern times?

Good question. I can't find an example of this being awarded in MLB of late.

The actual rule is a 3-base award for a fair batted ball contacted with 'detached player equipment or illegal glove'. So much more than just a hat. If a fielder throws their glove at a ball as it goes past and it touches it or if they catch it with a glove that is then deemed illegal it would be 3 bases as well.

It must have been an issue at some point or they wouldn't have bothered with a rule. Becoming an umpire was when I learned of it, and its still an oddity in the rules. Why 3 when all the others are 1 or 2? If I was king, this is one of the rules I'd make consistent with the other base awards as a way of simplifying an already complex rule book.