Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 28, 2012

I do not believe four outs are possible in a half inning. Examples and references anyone? My guess is they will be successfully disputed.

2 outs followed by a double-play?

According to someone called David Wade in an article on this; "Pitchers may record a strikeout, only to see the batter-runner still reach first safely. This is due to the “uncaught third strike rule.” In short, a third strike that bounds away from the catcher can result in the batter reaching first base and prolonging an inning. In fact, after such a strikeout, three more outs are required to end an inning. Innings with such a play may even have four strikeouts, and may have some thinking that means there were four outs in the inning.

I think you are right about the dropped strikeout pitch, but in that same rule get 100 outs in an inning ???

Only if you have a real bad catcher.

The four outs rule is explained here.

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Geez. Women come here all the time to give birth, and the babies are made US citizens and we pay for their hospital tab. In Canada, they get stuck with the bill. I guess that’s how they pay for their Socialized medicine. It sure would cure our problem of illegals coming here fast!

It doesn’t even have to be dropped. If you swing at a wild pitch for strike three, you can try to get to first before the catcher retrieves the ball and throws to first base. That actually happens quite often, but you don’t see them make it safely that often. There also can’t be a runner on first already. In that situation the play is automatically dead on the swing and miss. In theory, you could have more than four outs if it happened several times.

Runners on 1st & 3rd, 1 out. Fly ball. Both runners run thinking it’s going to be a hit. Ball is caught and fielder throws it to 1st for the 3rd out. Because the runner on third has already crossed the plate his run will count because 3rd out was NOT a force out. UNLESS defense throws the ball to 3rd and appeals for the 4th out.

I thought healthcare was free in Canada…?

One out, followed by a triple-play.

Anyone ever seen a live triple-play?

Saw one at the very first game I saw in person. Pretty cool.

If my catcher had five passed balls in one inning, we’d be on the outs!

Regarding giving birth in countries other than your own, and in this case a premie needing lots of hospital time and care, There are some countries that have a mutual agreement for hospital care which would have solved the Evans family’s financial woes. Unfortunately Canada and Australia have no such agreement. I can only suggest that when you travel out of your country with a medical condition, including pregnancy, is to be certain you insurance with cover you in case of an emergency. Yeah I agree that a million bucks is outrageous and a settlement was made to pay off the debt over 200 years, but this is a global problem. My gripe is that the event was politicized into the “socialized medicine” nonsense. This has to do with international medical collaboration and diplomacy, not socialized medicine sound bites.