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Dear BEN,
Quote from Phil Fried interview (Mar/Apr 2005 BEN issue).
“If a pitcher pitches a ball, and it’s a ball, but bounces out of the catchers glove and hits the plate,
that doesn’t make it a strike.”
Of course that doesn’t make it a strike. Just the same, if I throw a dart on a electronic board, and hit
a triple 20. My second dart hits a triple 5 but flights and wrongly scores the trip 20, we back up the board and score it as a triple 5. Problem solved.
Next point. If a pitcher pitches a ball, and it’s a strike, but the ball pops out of the catchers
glove, IT IS STILL A STRIKE. Weather or not the catcher (the dartboard) can hang on to the ball (the dart) is not the issue, it is still an accurately thrown ball (dart).
Quote from Phil Fried interview (Mar/Apr 2005 BEN issue).
“A bounce out should not count no matter what.”
Last point. The pass ball rule. If the catcher drops the third strike, the ball is in play.
The batter can run to first. If he gets there before the catcher can throw him out, he is safe. This rarely happens, but it is possible.
Like in any sport, sometimes there is a rule that does not seem fair. If a batter is legitimately
struck out, but the catcher can not catch the ball, the batter got one over on the opposing team.
If the electronic dartboard is not properly maintained, it will from time to time score the wrong
number. So the person that clearly hit a triple 12, but the board scored a trip 20 for points in cricket and the dart bounces out, the guy got one over. It
happens. Just throw your game, and the best player will almost always win. Almost always. :-)
—Scotty Burnett, Magic Darts Inc
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