The "didn't affect the game" statement is wrong. Of course it affected the game. Apart from the batter's time at bat being extended, the pitcher had to throw more pitches. It is impossible to determine the impact of the muffed foul fly. It is an error. Given that the foul fly must have been able to ...

The Australian Baseball League is a wooden bat league

Once the umpire calls ball four the batter can proceed to 1st base without risk of being put out and any runner forced to advance one base do so without risk of being put out. The walk negates the steal as the catcher does not have the opportunity to put out the runner. Don't believe everything the ...

OhioTex is absolutely correct. This situation was discussed at my last Level 3 Scorers Accreditation training clinic. That said you have to remember that the Rules Of Baseball are written by MLB. Sometimes the scoring rules need to be adjusted for "park ball". The way I score it for park ball, if th...

Firstly, you can not error any mental error, there must be some form of misplay. I am assuming that the throw from the 1st basemen was wild because he threw the ball at home plate, not to the catcher. If, in the scorer's judgement, an errorless play would have seen the runner from third definitely o...

As I am sure you are aware this is a league rule, not a rule of baseball. How it is scored all depends on the wording of the rule in the league competition rules document. There are a couple of ways (I have seen 2 different ways) 1. The inning ends at the point when the 7th run is scored. - In this ...