Baseball Trivia - 8 ways to get to first base

[RogerZBT]

I think ESPN the mag recently had 20 different ways to get on first. Some were quite obscure like 'replacing a player who had been traded in the time between a game being suspended and the game concluding.'

[RunDownHouse]

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_299.html

Closest I could come!

[Dead]

There are actually more than 8 ways:

1) Walk
2) Intentional walk
3) Hit by pitch
4) Dropped third strike
5) Failure to deliver pitch within 20 seconds
6) Catcher interference
7) Fielder interference
8) Spectator interference
9) Fan obstruction
10) Fair ball hits an umpire
11) Fair ball hits a runner
12) Fielder obstructs runner
13) Pinch-runner
14) Fielder's choice
15) Force out at another base
16) Preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17) Sac bunt fails to advance runner
18) Sac fly dropped
19) Runner called out on appeal
20) Error
21) Four illegal pitches
22) If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to the makeup, another player can take his place
23) Base hit

[jdl22]

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14) Fielder's choice
15) Force out at another base
16) Preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17) Sac bunt fails to advance runner

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Same thing, no? Similarly a walk and intentional walk are the same thing as far as the rules right? Also, dropped sac fly should be an error. Your list is full of redundancy.

In a similar vein I have several to add:
1. throwing error by third baseman
2. attempted double play that doesn't get batter out at first
3. runner on first tagged out going to second allows batter to get to first
4. center fielder drops fly ball
5. hit by pitch in the thigh
6. ground ball between short stop and third baseman
7. blooper over the second baseman's head
8. hit by pitch in arm
9. second baseman throwing error
10. runner on second tagged out
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edited various times in failed attempt at humor.

[Dead]

No.

[Beerfund]

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There are actually more than 8 ways:

1) Walk
2) Intentional walk
3) Hit by pitch
4) Dropped third strike
5) Failure to deliver pitch within 20 seconds
6) Catcher interference
7) Fielder interference
8) Spectator interference
9) Fan obstruction
10) Fair ball hits an umpire
11) Fair ball hits a runner
12) Fielder obstructs runner
13) Pinch-runner
14) Fielder's choice
15) Force out at another base
16) Preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17) Sac bunt fails to advance runner
18) Sac fly dropped
19) Runner called out on appeal
20) Error
21) Four illegal pitches
22) If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to the makeup, another player can take his place
23) Base hit

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A lot of these are the same, a dropped sac fly is an error, failed to advance runner on a sac bunt is a fielders choice............ [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[kyro]

hmmmm....

basehit
error
walk
strikeout, catcher drops the ball
balk
hit batsman
fielder's choice

and....

um...

pinch run for someone [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[kyro]

forgot about catcher interference. I thought fan interference was just ruled as a basehit. I was kidding about the pinch runner thing but I guess I was right.

[tpir90036]

Your list is dreadful.

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6) Catcher interference
7) Fielder interference
12) Fielder obstructs runner

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These are absurd. Why don't you just list every position and obstruction/interference to add on a dozen extra?

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8) Spectator interference
9) Fan obstruction

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14) Fielder's choice
15) Force out at another base
16) Preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17) Sac bunt fails to advance runner


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18) Sac fly dropped
20) Error

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22) If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to the makeup, another player can take his place


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Finally! A good one that has not been mentioned.

[RunDownHouse]

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22) If a game is suspended with a runner on first and that player is traded prior to the makeup, another player can take his place


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Finally! A good one that has not been mentioned.

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Umm... except for about two posts above his.