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Sam Houston hits game-tying homer against LA Tech… Misses home plate

Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:45 pm
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:45 pm
Tech ends up winning 5-4. This would have made it 5-5 in the 8th inning

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@BelinsonMatt
Wow. Walker Janek appeared to have tied the game at 5-5 in 8th. But he never touched home plate. Bulldogs step on home, appeal and Janek is called out. #LATech



Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:47 pm to
So dumb who cares if he touched home or not the run should still count
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
146728 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:50 pm to
how exactly is this even an actual rule?
Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
35217 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:50 pm to
Rules rules rules
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:51 pm to
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how exactly is this even an actual rule?

I just watched the clip he missed the plate by less than an inch

What a stupid decision
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 6:52 pm
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
146728 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:53 pm to
this blows my mind. this isnt like skipping second base while going to third on a single

a home run is it. the ball isnt in play anymore. why is this a rule
Posted by Volsfan82169
Spring Hill, TN
Member since Aug 2016
3286 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:04 pm to
Base runners are required to legally complete their base running duties for the run to count. How hard is it to step on home plate?
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 7:05 pm
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
7793 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:06 pm to
With what we have gone through in athletics the last few years, we deserve this gift.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
146728 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:30 pm to
again, the ball isnt in play

how can the player be recorded out?
Posted by theballguy
Playoffs? Closed for the season.
Member since Oct 2011
8947 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:34 pm to
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This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 7:35 pm
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4284 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:36 pm to
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again, the ball isnt in play

how can the player be recorded out?


George Brett can tell you one way it can happen.

Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
53964 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:36 pm to
Shouldn't even have to run the bases if you hit a home run imo.
Posted by Volsfan82169
Spring Hill, TN
Member since Aug 2016
3286 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:07 pm to
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again, the ball isnt in play how can the player be recorded out?


In all major sanctions of baseball (and softball with the exception of homers in beer leagues) all awarded bases must be touched in their proper order, live ball or dead ball. And it’s been that way forever.

Properly appealed, runners can be declared out for missing a base.

On a difficulty scale of 1-10, for most of us, hitting a 90+ mph fastball out of a park is a 10. Touching home plate is a .00001 on that same scale.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
16063 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:56 pm to
The game is baseball - the bases are of central importance.

For all of the retardos in this thread - runs are recorded by an ordered procession around the bases, culminating with home plate. You are allowed to move across the bases, unimpeded, if you hit the ball out of play, but you still have to touch the bases. That's how runs are recorded. If you fail to follow these simple instructions an umpire will not signal to the scorekeeper that a run is to be recorded, and if you abandon the base paths, the fielding team can point this out and get you out.

If Reggie Bush runs a 4.3 and gets past the last defender, who runs a 4.4, should Bush have to continue on to the endzone or should we just say, nah it's a TD, stop running?
When guys are about to cross the goal line and they drop the ball before crossing, with no defenders around them, should we just give them the touchdown?
These touchdowns are as sure as a run being scored after hitting the ball over the fence, so why does the ball have to get into the endzone? Because that's how points are scored. If you don't complete the act that scores the points, you don't get the points.

Someone is going to say, 'but the ball is still in play so he has to keep running to the endzone' - yes, that's my point. He has to keep going in order to score those points even though logic dictates that it's a foregone conclusion that he'll get to the end zone. If all the other players fell down injured, would the NFL say, it's an automatic TD, or would you still have to put the ball in the endzone?

You have to touch all the bases in order for a run to be scored. That's the only way runs are scored. Even when the fielding team throws the ball out of the field of play with a runner on 3rd, that runner trots across home plate, because that's how runs are scored.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:01 am to
Excuse me for thinking it's absurd to take a run of the board for missing the plate by half an inch
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23932 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 6:20 am to
It is a game of bases. A run scores anytime the home base is touched.

The game was invented without a fence, we still use the same rules for the most part. When you touch home, the run is recorded. When you leave the circle you are no longer in play. When there is doubt, the teammate generally push the player back to touch home just to be sure. Mistakes were made, asking for a rule change seems needless.

The HR trot is a cool part of the game, touching the base is not a difficult request.
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
27519 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 6:28 am to
If he just touched the plate, this wouldn’t even be an issue. It’s the rule. He knows the rules. We all know the rules. It’s his own fault and nobody else’s. He screwed up. It’s not the rule’s fault. It’s his fault. All he had to do was touch the plate. And he didn’t. Touching the plate is how runs are scored. Hitting the ball in and of itself doesn’t score runs, even if it’s hit over the fence. Touching the plate does. He had a free run to touch the plate, and he didn’t do it. This doesn’t require a rule change just because someone screwed up once in the history of baseball. The rule isn’t stupid. It’s logical. Touching the plate scores a run. It’s not too much to ask.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 6:30 am
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
9756 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 6:55 am to
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If he just touched the plate, this wouldn’t even be an issue. It’s the rule. He knows the rules. We all know the rules. It’s his own fault and nobody else’s. He screwed up. It’s not the rule’s fault. It’s his fault. All he had to do was touch the plate. And he didn’t. Touching the plate is how runs are scored. Hitting the ball in and of itself doesn’t score runs, even if it’s hit over the fence. Touching the plate does. He had a free run to touch the plate, and he didn’t do it. This doesn’t require a rule change just because someone screwed up once in the history of baseball. The rule isn’t stupid. It’s logical. Touching the plate scores a run. It’s not too much to ask.

Correct. It's called a home RUN for a reason. To get your run you have to touch home plate. Not that hard.
Posted by Marshhen
Port Eads
Member since Nov 2018
754 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 6:59 am to
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Shouldn't even have to run the bases if you hit a home run imo.


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imjustafatkid


Checks out.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
100213 posts
Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:02 am to
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Base runners are required to legally complete their base running duties for the run to count. How hard is it to step on home plate?
So you can intentionally walk people now without actually having to throw a single pitch, but a home run where the ball leaves the field still has this rule

It’s nonsensical
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