Baseball Software Can't Score What Jean Segura Did Friday

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 20, 2013 @12:02PM from the for-some-values-of-uncommon dept.

JimboFBX writes "Interesting piece of baseball history happened on Friday. Jean Segura of the Milwaukee Brewers stole second, tried to steal third too early, but made it back to second before being tagged. The problem was that teammate Ryan Braun already made it to second on the steal attempt. After tags were applied to both baserunners, Segura started trotting to the dugout before realizing that he wasn't out, Braun was, and his only option was to make it back to first. He then of course proceeded to try to steal second base again. The software for keeping the box score? Doesn't (yet) support someone running backwards on the bases. Looks like that will have to change." Here is video of the sequence.

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Re:(YouTube) footage? by damn_registrars · 2013-04-20 12:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's exactly like soccer.
No, if it was like soccer, it would have taken at least 45 minutes to happen, five yellow cards would have been given out, and three fights would have broken out in the stands for no apparent reason.

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Re:Reminds me of this book by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-20 13:40 · Score: 5, Insightful

It takes real courage to admit your own mistakes. You have my respects.
Re:(YouTube) footage? by colinrichardday · 2013-04-20 15:40 · Score: 3, Insightful

Braun is automatically called out because two baserunners cannot occupy the same base at the same time.
Is that the Ball-y Exclusion Principle?