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it just came to me...in your era they either weren't bright enough to get the lead runner out, instead choosing to always get the batter....or they would attempt it and fail...

sorry, the term and the usage have been around for a very long, long time...it is a very common situation in a game....

oh, I certainly do hear announcers say they reached first on a fielder's choice...you need to listen more and talk less... yes, runners move up on the throw....how do you mark it in your scorebook? I don't necesssarily mark FC, but I indicate that they moved on the throw... yes, there are such thing...

And, for full disclosure, I actually found a site that scorekeeps using FO as an option, not FC.....I've never seen a scorer do it that way before....I'm thinking El-Moldo was responsible for the site I googled.....

Fielder's choice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In baseball, fielder's choice (abbreviated FC) is a term used to refer to a variety of plays involving an offensive player reaching a base due to the defense's attempt to put out another baserunner, or the defensive team's indifference to his ad...

well, in your day El-Moldo you still would have been wrong....I'm 51.....I've been playing ball, reading the rule book, and keeping a scorebook for most of those years (as the son of a sports writer is likely to do).....a fielder's choice has always been when a fielder made the choice to go for the ...

Actually heard it wasn't Reggie..he was my first guess also...

Heard PO pulled the hidden-ball trick and it worked.....heard Central assistant got tossed (have a pretty good guess which one)... BEA-MU game is a great game.....pitching and defense were outstanding on both sides.....very enjoyable to watch--right up to the point where the giant lightning bolt cra...

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Too tough to catch those home run balls he kept serving up....

I don't think a solid defensive game will always result in a perfect game....I'm thinking most, if not all, perfect games are accompanied by a strong defensive effort....they are two separate things...