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Baseball rules corner: for the most part, throwing a glove at a batted ball is costly.
ONE PLAY IN THE 2004 POSTSEAson that caught my attention occurred in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis where the Cardinals hosted the Astros.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Astros had a runner on first base when Lance Berkman hit a shot over the head of Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols. As Pujols leaped for the ball, it appeared that he threw his glove at the ball.
Broadcaster Steve Lyons erroneously said if Pujols threw his glove, Berkman should get two bases. Then his partner Bob Brenly added that Pujols' glove would have to make contact with the ball for Berkman to get two bases.
If an umpire judges that a fielder intentionally throws his glove at a batted ball and the glove makes contact with the ball in any manner, the batter and all runners are awarded three bases (7.05c). Keep in mind that on such plays the ball is not dead and the batter-runner may try for four bases at his own risk if he chooses.
Let's say that Carl Crawford of the Devil Rays hits a ball in the right-center field gap between Johnny Damon and Trot Nixon. Damon deflects the ball by throwing his glove and slows it down for Nixon to pick it up. Crawford thinks that he can leg out an inside-the-park homer and turns on the jets. Meanwhile Nixon fires the ball to Mark Bellhorn, his cutoff man, who throws home to catcher Jason Varitek to nail Crawford. Because Crawford advanced to home at his own risk, he is out per 7.05c.
You're probably thinking that this type of baseball anomaly could never happen. Wrong.
On April 29, 1997, Salt Lake Buzz center fielder Darrin Jackson flung his glove at a ball hit by Tacoma's Raul Ibanez. Jackson knocked the ball down and Ibanez was credited with his first triple of the season.
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