 In the last video, we introduced the concept of putouts and we gave the three main ways that a defensive player can be credited with a putout, so in this video, I want to look at the automatic ways that the catcher can actually receive credit for a putout, so these are automatic putouts by the catcher and there are actually eight ways the rulebook is deemed should be automatically credited to the catcher. The first way is a strikeout and so you might think so basically the reason we need we need to credit things like these these eight ways is because you know and sometimes there are lots of ways that an out you know can occur when that isn't one of these three ways where a batter doesn't get tagged out or or his ball about ball he hits isn't caught in the air so and and so you know who would you give a strikeout to so you might think it'd be the the pitcher and certainly we keep track of the number of batters a pitcher has struck out but but as far as the putout goes we give that automatically to the catcher. The second way then that a pitcher could or a catcher could receive automatic credit for a putout is if there is and and a batter is called out for an illegally batted ball and so in legally batted ball and so what would this be this would be something like if a batter comes up and he uses a an illegal bat and there are certain rules that you know a bat can only be so so big and so or you know if there's cork in the middle might be an example that has happened within the past few years that's that being illegal substance a bat could be made out of or this could also be you know if the the batter has a foot one of his feet or outside the batter's box then in that case he we have you know legally batted ball and we give the credit to the catcher. The third way is kind of goes along with the the strikeout and that is if he bunts the third strike foul so once the foul or once the he bunts his third strike and so this would be as you know basically this would be a strikeout so so but but you know they separate out just to reinforce you know just to make sure we know fourth way would be for interfering with the catcher with the catcher if this is if the the batter is called out for interfering with the catcher and so this could be something like if there's a a runner on second base and he tries to seal steel third base and a batter the batter in that situation he's he's entitled to the batter's box so as long as he's in the batter's box he's okay but if he makes some kind of a movement where the umpire judges he's purposely trying to to stand in the way of the catcher to block to block the catcher's throw you know to attempt to get the stealing runner out then he could be called out for interfering with the catcher the next way would be that if there is a batter who bats in the the wrong order or fails to bat in the proper order and so so we this is a situation that tends to confuse a lot of people but you can go we have a video on that one so you can go watch watch what would happen in that situation but basically if if you know if if there's a batter who comes up and incorrectly in the defensive team appeals then the catcher generally will get the credit for the automatic put up the next way is that if a batter is touched by his own batted ball batter is touched by his own batted ball and so a lot of times this might happen on a a bunt or or even just if a batter hits a short short hit so so for example if we have our our batter in here and he bunts the ball down the down the line here and he's he takes off running toward first base and somehow the ball hits him then he would be called out and the the catcher then he would receive credit for the automatic put up final two ways are or kind of related and they are if the the runner or the if the batter refuses to touch base after a walk or hit by a pitch or catchers interference and so this is refusing to touch first base after a walk or hit by the pitch or catchers interference and so so let's let's do the the last way here and then we can explain why he that it seems like a no-brainer obviously why you know why wouldn't he go down to the first base and so well the last one this will make more sense after we get through this one is if he refuses to advance from third base to home plate so he refuses to advance from third base to home plate and so again you know you might you might be asking you know why would he he a any runner refuse any batter refuse to go to first base or any runner refuse to come home and score score run and so this would be a pretty rare situation but it would be whenever a tend to occur on a play say at the end of a game where there's a walk-off hit or if if say the bases are loaded and it's a tie game in the in the bottom of the last inning and a player walks obviously in that situation generally the you know each each batter would or each runner would would advance up a base but say for whatever reason you know if they win the game on the play and they get so caught up in the excitement of the situation that either the the runner on third base doesn't come home you know or the batter doesn't walk down and touch actually physically touch first base excuse me then in that situation the the defensive team you know can can point out to the umpire you know and so that the players never touched the base they should and so then if that does happen and the umpire ends up calling them out then the catcher will be the one getting credit for the putout