Source: http://ift.tt/1e4Pz8K --- Sunday, April 30, 2017
Red Sox rookie Andrew Benintendi benefitted from a scoring change earlier this week. It was made by the league office in New York, which routinely reviews decisions that are challenged. In this case, an official scorer at Fenway Park had charged a Pirates infielder with an error for not handling a throw. Here’s what happened. With a runner on first base and less than two outs, Benintendi blooped a ball that fell safely in short centerfield. Wary that the ball might be caught, the runner got a late jump, and the throw from the outfielder — in the opinion of the official scorer — would have been in time to force him at second had it not been muffed. New York thought otherwise. After reviewing the play, they erased the error and awarded a hit to Benintendi. How does the challenge process work? It’s pretty straightforward, and according to Red Sox senior director of media relations Kevin Gregg, it’s changed for the better. “It used to be that the team would ask the PR director to lobby for something to be changed,” said Gregg. “Now the player can go to the team to argue on his behalf — that’s the most common way it’s done — or to the Players’ Association to argue on his behalf. Either way, the plays in question need to be submitted to the league office for review within 72 hours of the game.” The media relations/PR director does still play a part in the process. If a scoring decision is made that his, or her, team may not like, he/s ...
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