Bad Call at Angels Sox game

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Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'm not too big into baseball or the rules of it so I'm confused on something. Any time I get three strikes then decide to immediately run to first base, as long as the opponent team gets caught up in the confusion and doesn't throw the ball to someone to touch the base or tag me, then I'm safe?

Hrrm, getting on base by striking out; I bet'd work a couple times if you did it right, then they would catch on and know you were going to do it and have the ball ready to beat you to the base.

You can only run if the catcher fails to catch that third strike. Since the batter has no way of knowing this it is a good idea to run until the ump calls you out, just in case the catcher dropped the ball. I believe this is where much of the controversy lies, whether the ball hit the ground before it hit the catcher's glove.