Jeter...steal or no steal???

[CoopernicusX]

Saturday in the Mets/Yanks game, bottom of the 1st...Damon was on 2nd, Jeter was on 1st, and Giambi at the dish. The Yanks hit and run (double steal). Giambi strikes out. Damon gets thrown out at 3rd. Jeter goes to 2nd.

Does Jeter get credit for the steal? I ask because I own Jeter in both my leagues and Yahoo never credited Jeter with anything. But CBS did credit Jeter with a SB and then took it away later.

Anybody know what I am talking about?

[jlm53089]

I think he gets credited with a steal

[Bozo]

I always thought that if the guy on the front end of a double steal got thrown out then the guy on the back end doesn't get a steal. Not sure if that is true or if I just dreamt it (I have weird baseball dreams, I need help!).

[Knights]

Interesting... it appears that he is NOT getting credit for the steal.

In my mind, I guess that the ruling would be that Jeter got to 2nd on deffensive indifference, and the defence made no attempt to throw him out.

[astav28]

Interesting... it appears that he is NOT getting credit for the steal.

In my mind, I guess that the ruling would be that Jeter got to 2nd on deffensive indifference, and the defence made no attempt to throw him out.

i agree definitely....you always go for the guy at third usually (shorter throw), and the thought is that if they chose to get the guy at third, just like on a grounder choosing to step on third instead of throwing out the guy at first.

[DK]

No, he is not credited with the steal in that situation. He basically advanced because his teammate got out? No way he deserves a SB there.

[rainman23]

This appears to be the relevant section of the rule:

STOLEN BASES
10.08
d) When a double or triple steal is attempted and one runner is thrown out before reaching and holding the base he is attempting to steal, no other runner shall be credited with a stolen base.

[CoopernicusX]

Well...I guess that settles that.

Thanks for the input.

[SmartassBoiler]

This appears to be the relevant section of the rule:

STOLEN BASES
10.08
d) When a double or triple steal is attempted and one runner is thrown out before reaching and holding the base he is attempting to steal, no other runner shall be credited with a stolen base.

That makes sense...it's the same logic behind a fielder's choice not counting as a hit if the batter reaches first.

[rainman23]

Yeah, I guess it's best to take something like this out of the official scorer's hands, and make it a matter of rule. Because you obviously aren't ever going to be able to predict whether the other guy would have made it if a play had been made on him. By the same logic, though, you might make a case that the trailing guy should NEVER get an SB if they make the play on the guy in front of him. He's basically just trailing on the lead guy's wake. I'm glad I don't have to make these rules.

So how do you score that play that put Jeter on second? Fielder's choice, I guess...?