Circus Play in LA as Giants-Dodgers Run Rules Gamut with Light Failure, Balk Q & Comedy of Errors

Though Friday's Giants-Dodgers game in LA ended with a broken play featuring a dropped infield pop-up, wild throw past first base, and baserunning blunders, umpires also got to call a light failure during live play & balk vs disengage vs do-over from scratch situation. Article: https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/06/a-circus-play-in-la-as-giants-dodgers.html

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Perhaps most known for a circus play in the 11th inning featuring Casey Schmitt's dropped fly ball, Jakob Junis' wild throw, and baserunning blunders by Michael Busch and Mookie Betts, Friday's Giants-Dodgers game in LA ran the rules gamut for umpire David Rackley's crew, with a light failure during live play and a balk vs "starting from scratch" vs disengagement issue scattered about a game that begin with Dodgers rookie pitcher Emmet Sheehan throwing six no-hit innings before being pulled for a bullpen that gave the game away.

Join us for a review of the rules—including Official Baseball Rule 5.12(b)(2) concerning light failure and calling "Time" during live play, OBR 5.04(b)(2) Comment about how a batter cannot cause a balk and allows the play to be a do-over from scratch if the batter does cause the pitcher to balk, and...that comedy of errors in the 11th inning.

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