Some of us were discussing this last night and I stumbled on the answer, I thought i would share:
What if the Phillies had been leading 2-1 after 5½ innings, and the game was stopped because of the rain. Under baseball rules, wouldn’t the Phillies have won the game and thus the World Series?
That’s what nearly everyone thought. And that’s what it says in Rule 4.10 (c): “If a game is called, it is a regulation game:
(1) If five innings have been completed.
(2) If the home team has scored more runs in four or four and a fraction half-innings than the visiting team has scored in five completed half-innings;
(3) If the home team scores one or more runs in its half of the fifth inning to tie the score.”
But in his postgame media conference, Selig said that he made a judgment call before the game began, and informed officials of both teams, that he would not allow a rain-shortened game to take place in the World Series, no matter how long it meant waiting.
“I have to use my judgment. It’s not a way to end the World Series,” Selig said.
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2 comments:
Yeah, well after he allowed an All-Star game to end in a tie, he had to do something.
i've been listening to several sports talking heads today about this today.
not all that interesting. essentially, selig changed the rules of the game by deciding that there wouldn't be a shortened game, which i agree with. but, he's taking it on the chin for even starting the game. it was raining, all forecasts pointed towards continuing rain, and they know the surface wouldn't hold up for the entire game.
and, i'm pretty sure that both mike and i said it could have ended in the middle of the fifth, which is the lay version of #2. but, thanks for posting the rule because i'd never heard #3.
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