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[edit] Umps and outs on double plays

Don't umps usually "give" double plays to the fielder at 2nd so long as the timing is right? That is, as long as the fielder is close enough to the bag and the runner is out by a stretch it doesn't really matter if the bag is touched, right? 71.194.13.220 02:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

If the fielder doesn't touch the bag and the umpire calls the runner out, the runner has the right to appeal. According the rules, the fielder has to touch the bag for an out to be recorded.--Borgardetalk 08:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
You are right on your second sentence (see force play) but not on the second sentence (see appeal play). Runners cannot appeal, ever. Anyway, this is called the neighborhood play and maybe it deserves his own article. Locarno

[edit] Summary of double plays

I'm not sure what to make of this chart. The number of double plays does not add to 100. Also, it's tagged with {{Fact}} (since July 2007)

For every 100 double plays that go 6-4-3, there are:[citation needed]
  • 83 which go 4-6-3
  • 53 which go 5-4-3
  • 27 which go 6-3
  • 20 which go 1-6-3
  • 19 which go 4-3
  • 9 which go 3-6-3
  • 5 which go 3-6-1
  • 4 which go 1-4-3
  • 4 which go 3-6

—JonTerry4) 00:41, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

A citation would be nice, but there's no reason that they should add to 100. The 6-4-3 is the most common double play. The chart lists how common the other plays are, relative to the 6-4-3. For every (100) 6-4-3 double plays, there's (83) 4-6-3 double plays. In other words, the 4-6-3 is slightly less common (83% as common) as the 6-4-3. I don't know whether the numbers are correct, but the text and representation seem reasonable. -- Coneslayer (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)