How many of these obscure things will happen during the games of the 2008 MLB World Series?

This is the list of 20 potential things for this market:

Pitching:
1. A wild pitch is thrown, advancing the batter.
2. Pitcher called for a balk.
3. Pitcher catches a hit ball in the air, not from a bounce.
4. Pitcher personally tags out a base runner.

Hitting:
1. Any player hits for the cycle in a single game; single, double, triple and a homerun.
2. Any player hits a grand slam.
3. Inside the park home run.
4. Triple, without an error.
5. Any batter advance to first base NOT as a result of a hit, or Base on Balls.
6. Both the left AND right field pole markers hit with a ball in the air, during the same game.
7. Hit ball bounces out of the field for a double.
8. Hit ball collides with a base runner before being touched by the fielding team.

Running:
1. Any player steals home.
2. One player steals more than one base in one inning.
3. “Pete Rose” style, face-first slide into a base, and safe.
4. Player collides with catcher, knocking ball loose and ruled, “Safe at home.”

Fielding
1. Any player (other than pitcher), makes a bare handed catch of a ball hit in the air.
2. Any player (other than pitcher), makes an unassisted triple play.
3. An outfielder, (left, center or right fielders only), throws out a runner at home plate, unassisted.
4. Fan reaches out over a wall into the field of play and “robs” any defensive player of chance to catch a ball and make an out.

Can't you just make a question for each of these events to occur? I know it means more work, but they are much easier to track and settle individually.

I have flagged this market for the following reason:

After reading the background, it appears that the words "all games" should be removed from the question.

Yes, onedave, such an event occurring in each and every of all games would really be amazing!

I've changed the question title - the 'all games' only referred to the time period in question, obviously.

1. Any player (other than pitcher), makes a bare handed catch of a ball hit in the air.
Is this a fly ball? Does an infield chopper count...catching the ball while in the air as opposed to picking up a "roller" ?

This is gonna be a fun one....great market valor!!

Another great question, valor! For clarification... 1) this is occurrences across all games and 2) as you said these events were newsworth, do they have to show up in a news source? Just wondering the easiest way to keep track/count.

@ Eric comment # 6....

My intent is that a pitched ball collide with the bat, and then the next thing the ball touches is a defensive player's bare hand, for a catch.

@ mrperfkt # 8...

Looking for how many of these different things occur within the entire span of the whole World Series. Once any of these happen in any of the games, it would not be necessary to keep tracking it, that one thing will have then been checked off.

For example, if in the 1st, 3rd and 5th games there is a balk by a pitcher, in the 2nd and 4th games there is a Grand Slam and in a 6th game there a hit ball hits the left field foul pole and then later in the same game the opposite, right field foul pole, this would be a total of just 3 qualifying events. If this is still unclear, please let me know.

As for reporting, I think any of these weird things will make highlight reels for ESPN, normal evening news reports, www.mlb.com or other major news reports. I picked deliberately picked obscure things for this very reason.

The starting odds of "None of these things happen during World Series" was set at 55%. I am sure that at least one event, namely an error on a batted ball allowing a hitter to reach first base safely, will occur. An error is not a hit. I think the odds on "none" should have been the long shot possibility with odds of around 2%, not 55%. This comment refers to item 5 under Hitting. Also I can't think of 7 games going without a batter being hit by a pitch (HBP).

Just wanted to mention this so future bettors can level out the odds. Good question and thanks for taking the time to write and post it.

Thank you buckeyetom, this should be a chance for some players to make nice bucks if they jump on this early!

Isn't number 4 in pitching and number 5 on hitting the same thing? is it really going to be counted twice if that happens?

There are multiple ways that a batter can end up on first base:

1). Walk
2). Base hit
3). Hit by pitch
4). Error
5). Catcher's interference
6). Dropped third strike
7). Fielder's choice

@valornhonor
The eighth way to get on first is to be a pinch runner. A really super-fun book to read about baseball and its obscure rules is "The Knotty Problems of Baseball".

@ buckeyetom

You are so right! I forgot that one thanks so much. There are a lot of arcane nuances to baseball beyond what most kids enjoy as stickball in a field or in the street.

This is a great market, thanks for the creation.