Rules question
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Quick baseball ruling question for the experts:
I’m at the plate, and the CPU airmails ball 4 about 10 feet out of the zone. Ball gets by the catcher and rolls into the dugout and out of play.
Shouldn’t my runner get 2nd base? My runner was only awarded 1st, which I don’t think is correct. As soon as I saw the ball squirm away, I even tried to direct my runner toward 2nd, but when the ball rolled into the dugout the game cut away to my next batter so I didn’t even have an opportunity to run. Is this an error in the game’s coding, or am I misunderstanding the rules?
ALSO… please give the D-backs some new cards. The new TN Lourdes is all well and good, but it’s just an upgrade over the Color Storm Lourdes. So we’re really not getting any new options for our team. Goldy and Gonzo both deserve awards or milestone or SS cards. Not really sure what the point of the “expansion teams program” was supposed to be, but that would have been a pretty logical place to drop some new cards for expansion teams. If I’m not mistaken, the Yankees have been given 9 (!!) new 98+ cards in the last two weeks alone. The snakes only have 1 card above 98 on the whole year. I understand that Arizona is the most storied and successful franchise in baseball history, so you want to show some love to less fortunate, bargain-basement teams like the Yankees. Your charitable spirit is indeed noble, but please don’t punish the snakes just for being so successful and for having so much [censored] appeal.
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That’s whack. It’s probably in here somewhere.
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Yes, you should be awarded first by virtue of the walk and then an extra base for the ball landing out of the field of play. This is per MLB rule 9.13, which includes rule 8.3.
