Archive of SportingNews.com's old SOM Baseball forum

In 70's game, this occurred:

BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 T.Grieve 4 Out On Appeal b-0
1 F.Millan 6 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Wills 2 Fly Out b-0

What does "out on appeal" mean? I don't think I've ever seen it before, it wasn't registered as a strike out, like he appealed that he didn't go around. And I have no idea what it would show up like on a batters or pitchers card. Any ideas?

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It is the result of an X-chance from the pitchers card. Just like fan interference...these rare plays pop up every now and then.

On the super-advanced fielding chart (that TSN-SOM uses), first a split card is drawn from 1-20 to get the initial result.

Then three dice are rolled and added together to determine if an error is made. If the three dice combine to a "5," then a rare play has occurred. What the rare play is depends on the initial result (e.g., SINGLE-1) and what the original X result was (e.g., Groundball SS X).

I don't have a fielding chart in my possession, but I remember some of the possible rare results are pretty interesting.

Here's a copy of the fielding charts and results among other things:

http://somonline.bluwiki.com/go/Charts

Check outfield results D03 RP...there's an appeal play. You'll also find the hidden ball trick, throwing behind the runner, and fan interference etc.