OT: How well do you know MLB rules (Quiz)?
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/quiz/_/id/4979/do-know-mlb-rules#top
Interesting quiz for the baseball guys out there. I actually did better than I thought I was going to once I completed it. Guessed on about 70% of them, and oddly enough got the "difficult" ones correct and the "easy" ones wrong. Pretty tough quiz.
And before you hozers turn this into a weiner measuring contest: I got an 6/10... just a little above average, because that's what we all say...
PS. If someone could tell me how to correctly spell "hozers", I would appreciate it. Neither Google nor Word knew what I was talking about, because I assume they are probably stupid. TIA.
but my buddy, the college ump knocked them all out. I was impressed.
His pearl of wisdom: just ask yourself 'who fucked up' and work backwards...
lol
I wonder if this has ever happened before...
**Spoiler for Quiz**
A runner can assist another runner as long as he did not score or was already put out. A runner can actually carry a teammate around the bases.
http://m.espn.go.com/extra/ncaa/story?storyId=3372631&src=desktop
I know it has in college softball. A girl tore a ligament in her knee in the process of hitting a homerun. She made it to first where her teammate picked her up and carried her the rest of the way. Sorry, no link, no video, just a vivid memory.
EDIT: it didn't take me that long to make my response. Beaten to the punch regardless.
Yikes, that was really difficult. I played for 7 years and thought I had a decent knowledge of the game, but it felt like a miracle I got that many questions right...
I got Qs 1 & 7 right. Wow I sucked. But I only played 2 years of little league baseball and have only a casual knowledge of the game, going to a handful of games a year and rarely watching them on TV, so I don't claim to be an expert in any way on baseball.
I got the first three right...and then promptly failed seven questions in a row.
I umpired AABA/WAABA ball for several years in and around Ann Arbor, and had no idea balks and catcher's interference were not dead ball situations. Oh well, 8/10 ain't bad.
4/10. I rallied to get 2 out of the last 3.
I'm calling BS on #3. The Cubs never have two on and none out. Oh wait, it ends in a triple play. Order restored. Full disclosure: I'm a Cubs fan, and yes, we have a healthy sense of gallows humor.
4/10. Not very well, apparently.
6/10 and I guessed on almost all of them. I guess that means I'm not ready for my major league debut after all. After reading some of these crazy questions, I went back to LSAT test prep questions for relief.
