MLB Beat The Streak - there's a player currently with a 50 game hit streak

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by TBTC Baseball

I always thought with a FC there was an assumption the batter would have been out, had the fielder not chosen to get the out at another base. Clearly with this, there is no way the fielder gets the batter out had they chose to throw to 1st.

I just read the official rule again. I now think this wasn't even a discretion situation. That should absolutley be a base hit.

https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/offic...ball-rules.pdf

FIELDER’S CHOICE is the act of a fielder who handles a fair grounder and, instead of throwing to first base to put out the batter-runner, throws to another base in an attempt to put out a preceding runner. The term is also used by scorers (a) to account for the advance of the batterrunner who takes one or more extra bases when the fielder who handles his safe hit attempts to put out a preceding runner; (b) to account for the advance of a runner (other than by stolen base or error) while a fielder is attempting to put out another runner; and (c) to account for the advance of a runner made solely because of the defensive team’s indifference (undefended steal).