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  Baseball Mogul 2004 Help: Strategies Dialog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The runner is allowed to leave his base when the ball is caught and must beat the outfielders throw to the next base.
Strategy: Pinch hitters are best used on teams with both a good pool of pinch hitters and enough defensive depth that the team is not unduly weakened by the replacement of a starting position player.
Strategy: Pinch runners are most effective on teams that play tight baseball games that can be won or lost by a close play on the bases.
www.sportsmogul.com /baseballcd/help/Strategies.htm   (2471 words)

  
 Pinch runner (baseball) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pinch runner (baseball) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
A pinch runner is a (A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run) baseball player who is used in substitution for another player that is on base.
Usually utilized as a strategic move to place a faster runner on base, a pinch runner can also be used if the existing runner is injured.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pinch_runner_(baseball).htm   (78 words)

  
 Rule Change Proposal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The pinch runner shall be the player that had made the last recorded out.
In the event that a pinch runner is chosen and there are no outs, the player making the 3rd out in the previous inning shall be used.
If a runner is chosen in the first inning and no outs, use ANY player but if that player is on base when his/her turn to bat, this runner is out, and the player must take his turn at bat.
home.comcast.net /~zorker/forms_2005/rule1_pinch_runner.htm   (329 words)

  
 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: MLB
Runners on second and third with one out as Lo Duca advanced on the throw to home and Carlos Delgado due up.
Runners on first and second with two outs and AJ Burnett due up.
Runners on first and third with one out and Ryan Church due up.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /scorecard/mlblog.asp?articleID=AA13840   (1240 words)

  
 pinch runner bug - OOTP Developments Forums
The new runner is now listed in the lineup on the left hand side, but the old runner is still listed on the field.
I go back to the substitution page and the new runner is in the lineup, however there is no (1B) next to his name to indicate he is on first base.
I tried to pinch hit for him and even though on the lineup screen it showed the pinch hitter, Burks was still shown as the batter at the plate.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=61552   (658 words)

  
 Amazon.com: buying info: Kant in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)
Switchovers, Patrons, Big Shots, marriages on the rocks, rebellious anti-governmental groups, and the emerging relationship between a mentally retarded son and his father are some of the aspects of Oe Kenzaburo’s Pinch Runner Memorandum.
In Pinch Runner Oe returns to his idea of the “idiot son.”  Both Mori and Hikari, being the products of nuclear radiation exposure, are severely mentally handicapped.
  The Pinch Runner Memorandum, in its complexity, was an enjoyable story, which, at the heart, a tale of a father and his son overcoming the perils of life.
www.clas.ufl.edu /users/jmurphy/JPT3121file/PINCH.HTM   (1234 words)

  
 NORTH OLMSTED-RULES&FIELD INFO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pinch Runners- A team may use one pinch runner per inning.
If a player is a pinch runner, on base, when his or her turn in the batting order is up, the original batter will return to the base and the pinch runner will take his regular turn in the batting order (no penalty).
On extra base hits or balls hit to the outfield when there is no play being made at the double base, the runner may touch the white or orange portion.
members.aol.com /nsaohio/nolm.html   (675 words)

  
 Roberts Rules - A pinch runner is Boston's MVP. By Josh Levin
Roberts Rules - A pinch runner is Boston's MVP.
All that being said, I don't mean it as an insult when I call Boston's Dave Roberts the greatest pinch runner in baseball history.
The typical pinch runner is a washout, a low-rent body double required to do little more than pump his knees really high when running in place and to run slightly faster than really, really, incredibly slow batsmen.
www.slate.com /id/2108404   (806 words)

  
 Ohio High School Baseball Links & Information
The runner breaks for third base and the pitcher walks off the pitcher’s plate and runs toward R1.
Since the courtesy runner is still on base, he is not eligible to be replaced by the pitcher and become a pinch runner for the F6.
With no other substitutes available to pinch run, Team A’s coach wants to replace the injured courtesy runner with the courtesy runner who has run for the catcher.
www.geocities.com /ohiobaseball/feature/ruleinterp.htm   (1311 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online: MLB: Game Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Runners on first and second with none out and Lew Ford due up.
Runners on second and third with one out and Corey Koskie due up.
Runner on second with one out and Michael Cuddyer at the plate.
www.cbc.ca /sports/stats/mlb/update/9570   (1250 words)

  
 Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - A former pinch runner is now a top UNLV hitter - VIEW NEWS: A Neighborhood Newspaper
A former pinch runner is now a top UNLV hitter
"They said they'd look at me in a pinch runner role, but that was OK with me, because I knew down the road I'd get my chance," said Byrne, a four-year letter winner at Silverado High School.
Byrne, who earned all-state honors her senior year on the Skyhawks, when she hit.316 and stole 21 bases, did more than just pinch run for the Rebels, though, as she played her way into the starting left field job her freshman year.
www.viewnews.com /2004/VIEW-May-05-Wed-2004/East/23768143.html   (965 words)

  
 HerndonBaseball.com -- Special Needs accomodations for children with muscular dystrophy
If the pinch runner reaches first base safely for the batter, the batter may take the "pinch runners" place on the bases at any time (typically at 3rd or 1st base).
Place a hand on each shoulder to restrain the pinch runner from running before the ball is struck or before the area around home plate is clear.
The pinch runner should be in a direct line down the base path as indicated by the blue line, yet far enough back to be safely out of harms way.
www.herndonbaseball.com /special-needs.html   (391 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In this case, the defensive position is DH, since a pinch- hitter or pinch-runner automatically becomes the DH when entering the game.
Note that these runner fields are not updated on plays which end an inning, even if the inning-ending play would have resulted in an advance of one or more runners had it occurred earlier in the inning.
The next nine fields contain single character descriptors for each of the runners indicating whether he had a stolen base, was caught stealing or was picked off.
www.kypris.com /Baseball/Forms/Scoresheets/datause.txt   (3375 words)

  
 Mary V Women's Softball League -- Northampton, MA
A pinch runner can be used only in case of injury to a player.
If the runner goes beyond this line before the ball is hit, the umpire can call the runner out.
It will be a judgment call in regards to whether that contact in any way assisted the runner in staying on the base or redirecting her momentum towards home.
www.umass.edu /vwhc/maryv/rules.html   (1323 words)

  
 DESIGNATED PLAYER (DP) RULE
RULING:  When a pinch-runner or pinch hitter replaces the DP, that player becomes the new DP.
DP SITUATION 5:  Team A is using 10 players in their lineup with the DP-Jones batting third.
DH SITUATION 5:  Team A is using 10 players in their lineup with the DH-Jones batting third.
www.ihsaa.org /g-softball/03DPvsDHSituations.htm   (1591 words)

  
 FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS CHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The player making the last out will be the pinch runner.
If no out has been made in that inning, the last out of the previous inning will be the pinch runner.
If a player comes to bat in the first inning with no outs, the last player to leave the bases will be the pinch runner.
webpages.charter.net /ludwig33/RULES.htm   (561 words)

  
 Garner gets tricky - 5/6/01
   The good-natured Sparks got a lot of kidding later from his teammates, particularly his fellow pitchers, about the cameo appearance, but the explanation made sense: Until it was necessary for the runner to be moving on a pitch, Garner didn't want to use a position player as a pinch runner.
   He wasn't surprised to be used as a pinch runner.
With runners at second and third, he misplayed Scott Spiezio's liner into a double.
www.detnews.com /2001/tigers/0105/06/d06-221041.htm   (550 words)

  
 Courtesy Runners
For a time, a courtesy runner was allowed for a player if that player had been injured and at the moment couldn’t continue.
This one is not a courtesy runner in the true sense since Sheely actually left the game, but is another situation where a pinch runner does not appear in the official record.
Boudreau was replaced as a runner by Ken Keltner who was already in the lineup as the third baseman.
www.retrosheet.org /courtesy.htm   (3187 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Each adjustment is used ; if the position of the player that represents the winning run is in the ; specified location.
Thresholds are the minimum values to place the potential ; pinch hitter in a specific classification grouping.
Thresholds are the minimum ; values for the SP rating to place a runner in a specific classification ; grouping.
www.universal-baseball.net /pb.ini   (1497 words)

  
 Moravian College Softball - Archive
Rentschler, freshman pinch runner Ashley Hughes, freshman outfielder Krissy Cianfichi all scored on the homer.
She allowed two walks and one base runner reached on an error as Mowrey had a no-hitter going through 5 1/3 innings.
Moravian had runners at second and third in the third inning with one out and the bases loaded in the fifth inning but was unable to score.
www.moravian.edu /athletics/softball/02/recaps.htm   (8156 words)

  
 The Official Forum - HTBT? Pinch Runner versus SUB?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The pinch runner was an official sub for the batter, so if she reenters, she can only be a sub for the same player she ran for.
Posted by bobbrix on May 20th, 2003 04:05 PM well, now that you mention it, she was at short stop the previous inning and then went in as pitcher after the pinch runner (although she didn't warm up on the sidelines)
In ASA, with the exception of the top of the first inning, the courtesy runner can only be used for the pitcher of record (the player who actually pitched to end the previous inning or half inning), and not for the player who will be coming in to pitch in the next inning.
www.officialforum.com /printthread.php?threadid=8704   (842 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pinch runner (baseball)
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pinch-runner-(baseball)   (115 words)

  
 Rule Change Proposal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A substitute runner may, at the opposing coach's option, be allowed for injured or hurting players under the following guidelines.
This person may pinch run for any player ONCE per inning.
The burglar may enter the lineup as a normal batting player as a substitute, but when this happens, the team loses the ability to use a base burglar (ie, you may not specify another player to be the burglar.)
home.comcast.net /~zorker/forms_2005/rule4_base_burglar.htm   (221 words)

  
 hokiesports.com - Softball
The top choice as a pinch runner for the Hokies...
Doesn't possess blazing speed, but is a very good runner...
Scored a run as a pinch runner in 11 games...Had five at-bats on the season...
www.hokiesports.com /softball/players/2000/whitaker.html   (235 words)

  
 Extra-Innings Hit by Stephanie Ramos Defeats Fresno State Softball in Ninth Inning :: Senior centerfielder ended ...
Fresno State threatened again in the top of the sixth inning, as Christina Clark led off the inning with a walk, was sacrificed to second by Southern and went to third on a ground-out by Finley before Lori Hoffman became Keira Goerl's fifth strikeout victim of the season to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, pinch runner Kristy Villasenor opened the inning at second base and went to third on a hit through the left side by Lori Hoffman.
Duran put down a successful sacrifice bunt, giving the Bruins runners on second and third with one out and senior outfielder Stephanie Ramos, UCLA's top hitter this season, to the plate.
uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/w-softbl/recaps/031404aab.html   (874 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Strictly a defensive replacement).g the pinch-runner (and a defender comes in when we take the field, unless it was Jimenez.) EHairston: 0-1 outs, runners on base.
Bunt only if runner on 2nd, 0 outs.` defensive replacements or situational hitters.
You're welcome to try to steal.) VHold any runner with an adjusted steal rating (ASR) of 1 or more (after all modifiers) 2 outs v.
www26.brinkster.com /nfeuerer/downloads/nyy2.xls   (903 words)

  
 The Official Forum - OBR substitution
They want the umpire to retract the run and to call the runner out.
Where is the pinch runner in the lineup now?
The coach, who earlier sent Bubba to play right field, now reports him as a pinch runner.
www.officialforum.com /printthread.php?threadid=17734   (403 words)

  
 Mets Walkoffs And Other Minutiae
New York had a runner on third with two men out and McGraw let pitcher Doc Crandall bat as his teams last hope, in what would be considered blasphemy now, but not terribly unorthodox back then.
They got one on their second try, from Fred Merkle, he of "Merkle's Boner" fame three years previous (he cost the Giants a walk-off win with a baserunning blunder in what turned out to be a key game in a tight pennant race).
It was such a raucous crowd that every time a runner was on third, a huge chorus of "WOO WOO," rang out thru the bar.
metswalkoffs.blogspot.com   (7517 words)

  
 Player Bio: Amanda Simpson :: Softball
Generally the first player out of the dugout to pinch run for the Bruins.
Scored a run in eight of her first 10 appearances of the season, including four straight games in February.
Regularly the first pinch runner called out of the dugout by Coach Enquist.
uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/w-softbl/mtt/simpson_amanda01.html   (324 words)

  
 Pinch Runner Bug - OOTP Developments Forums
In my very first game using the new OOTP6, I tried to pinch run for my DH, yet when it went back to the game screen, I was disappointed to still see the original DH in the game standing on first instead of the pinch runner.
I forget if the pinch runner showed up in the line-up card or not though.
Whenever you switch someone in for the DH, the replacement won't occur until the next time thru the order even though the switch shows up in the lineup.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=63073   (180 words)

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