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Lexers · 09-25-2010, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

"Anyway, as some of you have mentioned, the umpire would either say 'Ball' or 'Strike'. If he says 'Ball' then this means that the failed hit was the Pitcher's fault. The ball was thrown either too high, too low or too far left or right of the home plate and was therefore outside the so-called 'Strike Zone'. I won't go into detail how big the Strike Zone is exactly. You don't want to become professional Umpires after all." Or so he assumed. Hopefully. They would probably just go around telling people they fail and suck when they miss the ball. "If the Pitcher has missed the 'Strike Zone' four times, and therefore has four 'Balls' then the current Batter is allowed to go to the first base." He moved his finger across the drawing to indicate which way the batter would go.

Now, on to 'Strike'. "If the Umpire decides that the ball was indeed inside the 'Strike Zone' and the Batter still misses the ball, it is called a 'Strike'. After three 'Strikes' the current Batter is 'out', which is why the Umpire normally says 'Strike' plus how many strikes the current batter already has, for example 'Strike Two'." And not 'Strike Ten'. Cue small grin in Patroclus' direction.

"Different scenario now. Let's assume the Pitcher throws correctly and into the 'Strike Zone' and the Batter manages to hit the ball. What would he do?" Then to speed things up a little, he added, "And what would the currently Fielding Team do?"

OOC: Yes, I do know it's a little more complex than this but let's not confuse the poor magical Baseball-no0bs. ;]

Did Zookara realise how confusing he was being?

Cameron was a muggleborn and even SHE was utterly dumbfounded by that description.

Ugh.. WHUT!?

Right.. so what was the question?

She raised her hand up tentatively and frowned. "The batter would drop his bat - because it's a foul if you run with it, right?" Okay.. so baseball wasn't her sport of choice. But still.. she'd done it as a kid. "And theeeeeeeeeeeen, they have to run, run, run to first base before the fielders - who should be running like crazy to get the ball to one of the fielders on the base.. there is a special name for them, but I don't have a clue." Wasn't she succinct?

"So.. the batter is running to get to a base and the fielders are trying to get to the ball and throw it to one of the fielders on the base before the batter get's to that base. If they do get it there before the batter get's his foot on the base, the batter is out."

That made sense right?

"If the fielders are taking their time, the batter can run to 2nd or third or even make for a home run.." But in professional baseball that hardly ever happened cos everyone was so pro.. but in school.

heh....

09-25-2010, 07:49 AM	#203 (permalink)
Lexers Mooncalf Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: GMT +10 Posts: 7,484 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lucas L. Rodemiere Third Year x3	Quote: Originally Posted by Lislchen "Anyway, as some of you have mentioned, the umpire would either say 'Ball' or 'Strike'. If he says 'Ball' then this means that the failed hit was the Pitcher's fault. The ball was thrown either too high, too low or too far left or right of the home plate and was therefore outside the so-called 'Strike Zone'. I won't go into detail how big the Strike Zone is exactly. You don't want to become professional Umpires after all." Or so he assumed. Hopefully. They would probably just go around telling people they fail and suck when they miss the ball. "If the Pitcher has missed the 'Strike Zone' four times, and therefore has four 'Balls' then the current Batter is allowed to go to the first base." He moved his finger across the drawing to indicate which way the batter would go. Now, on to 'Strike'. "If the Umpire decides that the ball was indeed inside the 'Strike Zone' and the Batter still misses the ball, it is called a 'Strike'. After three 'Strikes' the current Batter is 'out', which is why the Umpire normally says 'Strike' plus how many strikes the current batter already has, for example 'Strike Two'." And not 'Strike Ten'. Cue small grin in Patroclus' direction. "Different scenario now. Let's assume the Pitcher throws correctly and into the 'Strike Zone' and the Batter manages to hit the ball. What would he do?" Then to speed things up a little, he added, "And what would the currently Fielding Team do?" OOC: Yes, I do know it's a little more complex than this but let's not confuse the poor magical Baseball-no0bs. ;] Did Zookara realise how confusing he was being? Cameron was a muggleborn and even SHE was utterly dumbfounded by that description. Ugh.. WHUT!? Right.. so what was the question? She raised her hand up tentatively and frowned. "The batter would drop his bat - because it's a foul if you run with it, right?" Okay.. so baseball wasn't her sport of choice. But still.. she'd done it as a kid. "And theeeeeeeeeeeen, they have to run, run, run to first base before the fielders - who should be running like crazy to get the ball to one of the fielders on the base.. there is a special name for them, but I don't have a clue." Wasn't she succinct? "So.. the batter is running to get to a base and the fielders are trying to get to the ball and throw it to one of the fielders on the base before the batter get's to that base. If they do get it there before the batter get's his foot on the base, the batter is out." That made sense right? "If the fielders are taking their time, the batter can run to 2nd or third or even make for a home run.." But in professional baseball that hardly ever happened cos everyone was so pro.. but in school. heh.... __________________ Captain Awesome?_________________________________ _________________________________.....Fidget works too.