Can you have 4 outs in a half inning?

I would say yes if someone strikes out. But reaches on a passed ball.

Yes, a strikeout that is dropped and the base taken is recorded as an out, if my very old scorekeeping memory serves.

If the umpires are bad.

If there can be five downs in a college football game, there can be four outs in an inning.

 

Posts 2 and 3 covered it.

I would say yes if someone strikes out. But reaches on a passed ball.

 

Yes, a strikeout that is dropped and the base taken is recorded as an out, if my very old scorekeeping memory serves.

 

Those are not outs. The batter is charged with a K but the team is not charged with an out .

 

So, can a team get 4 outs?

Those are not outs. The batter is charged with a K but the team is not charged with an out .

 

So, can a team get 4 outs?

 

No!

No!

 

With emphasis!!

 

How sure are you?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Rare-four-out-play-helps-Dodgers-down-Diamondb?urn=mlb,155380

 

I assume this story is the one that sparked the interest in the "4th out". Is this different than the dropped third strike rule? In other words, would the team that lost the appeal be charged with a "4th out" or would they simply lose the run that scored? I think the later is true, so no you can't get a 4th out officially. Baseball is a quirky little game, isn't it?

Here's a play.

 

One out.

 

Runner on 2nd and on 3rd.

 

Line drive back to the pitcher. Runners are off on contact.

 

Pitcher catches line drive. He throws to shortstop who does not touch the bag but, rather, goes after the runner and tags him. Runner on 3rd crosses the plate before shortstop tags runner on 2nd. Note: neither runner tagged up.

 

Now what ?

Yes

Here's a play.

 

One out.

 

Runner on 2nd and on 3rd.

 

Line drive back to the pitcher. Runners are off on contact.

 

Pitcher catches line drive. He throws to shortstop who does not touch the bag but, rather, goes after the runner and tags him. Runner on 3rd crosses the plate before shortstop tags runner on 2nd. Note: neither runner tagged up.

 

Now what ?

 

 

 

Appeal the runner leaving early at third, get the 4th out, and the run does not count.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Rare-four-out-play-helps-Dodgers-down-Diamondb?urn=mlb,155380

 

I assume this story is the one that sparked the interest in the "4th out". Is this different than the dropped third strike rule? In other words, would the team that lost the appeal be charged with a "4th out" or would they simply lose the run that scored? I think the later is true, so no you can't get a 4th out officially. Baseball is a quirky little game, isn't it?

 

Very nice. This is known as the "advantageous 4th out."

 

The DBacks cost themselves a run by not "getting" the 4th out.

With emphasis!!

 

How sure are you?

 

Your only allowed three outs an inning. As you stated you could get more strikeouts than just 3 outs an inning, but can't get more than 3 official outs in an inning. Unless an ump forgot how many outs there was, but then again it still wouldn't be 4 official outs because the ump forgot it, so that means it wouldn't be official anymore.

Your only allowed three outs an inning. As you stated you could get more strikeouts than just 3 outs an inning, but can't get more than 3 official outs in an inning. Unless an ump forgot how many outs there was, but then again it still wouldn't be 4 official outs because the ump forgot it, so that means it wouldn't be official anymore.

 

 

Wrong. See above.