I suddenly feel a LOT cooler than I did five minutes ago.

The fact that I considered that debate for five seconds after reading it makes me feel a lot LESS cooler than I did five minutes ago.

For God’s sake, don’t let these people read “The Death of Derek Jeter.”

elven theif leading off?

and unless the pitcher is throwing a bean ball i think its should be a dexterity + skill level roll.

I think opposed attack rolls would be the way to go, myself.  Have to give some thought to the skill of the pitcher, after all.  This is the kind of D&D argument that alternately annoys me or finds me strangely fascinated.  Baseball actually lends itself fairly well to a D&D-ish treatment, being a series of sequential, individual events that together make up a play, unlike football, where many seperate things are all happening at once.

Brings this to mind:
http://www.ifanboy.com/images/ifanboy/geekchartbig.gif

Though there is no mention of “stathead baseball fans who live in their mother’s basements.”  And for the record I’ve never lived in my mother’s basement…

Craig - You’re still leaving out that while they may have their own apartments, Mom still does their laundry…

I’d argue that the ball provokes an Attack of Opportunity, but that you have a strict limit of three AoOs per round, excepting that an attack that lands in the foul range (think the difference between hitting touch ac on the ball and hitting for damage)

This is the kind of stuff that really makes droning through a Friday at work worthwhile.

“mkd said…

Doesn’t the count somehow figure into the discussion? Just eyeballing things I would say 2-0, 3-1 counts are hitter attacks while 0-2, 1-2 would be defensive rolls. Yes? “

Hm, it would be more of a weapon expertise thing, where the batter loses some points off his attack rolls to make it less likely for the pitcher to hit his AC (strike him out).

Sequentially:
Pitcher makes attack against batter’s strike defence.  Batter makes spot check to guesstimate if it’s a hit or not, with different batters having different bonuses and pitchers having deception bonuses.
Batter can makes attack of opportunity against ball as it enters his threatened reach.
- If miss, that’s a strike.
- If hit, roll damage to determine distance (placement?) of ball, and the fielders make reflex saves to catch it.
If the batter chooses not to swing and the pitch hits, there’s a strike.
Otherwise it’s a ball.

Of course, in fourth edition it would be all attack rolls anyways since there’s no such thing as saving throws (outside of “save ends” effects).

I… I need to go drink a beer or go to a strip club or something.  That was about nerdy as it gets, folks.