Trivia – 5 Ways To Get On To Base Without A Hit?

Posted by admin on January 31, 2009 under Trivia | Be the First to Comment

Sorry, I haven’t been around much this week. I really want to write something about the Joe Torre book, but I’ve been having a hard time putting it to words.

I was listening to Car Talk (yes, I listen to NPR) this morning and their weekly questions was….

What ways can a baseball runner get on base without getting a hit?

They said there were five. Of course, two were easy – walk and getting hit by a pitch? I came up with two others, but I’ll admit that I had to google the fifth.

If you want to answer the question for yourself, here’s a link to their Puzzler.