Baseball Rules and Regulations

Yes you do. Every position requires a glove. But for positions such as catcher or first base you need a certain glove specified forthat position. You can get a glove at any sports store like Dick's or Sports Authority.

Can't say for sure but most leagues determine teams by age in the summer and grade in school. There can be a combination in school that would allow a very young 8th grader to compete at the 7th grade level. If the kid is a stud he should be playing 8th grade school. If he is a dud because of size wait til he grows and keep at it. If he is a dud not because of size then find another sport! Baseball is BORING when you are not good and you know it.

No, the ball is not dead and the batter may attempt to hit it.

IT can be as little as a 1/3 of an inning. It just depends who was the current pitcher when the team got the lead over the other IT can be as little as a 1/3 of an inning. It just depends who was the current pitcher when the team got the lead over the other

Earned runs are any runs scored without an error being committed to let them cross the plate, or , get on base in the first place and before three outs would have occurred had there not been any errors.

It may be easier to say that an unearned run is one that would not have scored except for errors and then say an earned run is one that is not unearned.

In 2008, against the Colorado Rockies, the game went 21 innings.

a moogie, it sounds ridiculous but im for real.

A fly out is technically any ball that is hit in the air and caught by a player in the field before it hits the ground or wall resulting in an out. There are different terms depending on where the ball is caught

'Fly out' is usually reserved for balls hit to the outfield and caught in fair territory by an outfielder

'Foul out' is a ball caught in foul territory for an out

'Popup' or 'Pop out' is used to describe a ball hit in the air and caught by an infielder

'Line out' is a ball that is hit hard without going very high into the air and is caught be any defender

If the batter got on base with the original pitcher and he scores of the new pitcher, the previous pitcher is charged with the earned run.

no, you can tag the runner to get him out or on a play where the runner is forced to run you can step on the base he is running to.

1.) For a strikeout, the catcher must actually hang on to the ball in his mitt. If he drops it, or never has it in the first place, the runner can run to first and the catcher must tag or throw him out. 2.) The ball isn't out of play if he catches it. Catch -> Out. That simple. Mr Know-it-all [GRIN]. (I don't answer enough of these darn things, heheheh.) Basically, Glenn, a player must have posession of the ball for an out to be recorded. On every play, the ball is caught by the defensive team (pop out, line out, tag). The same is true for a strike out. The catcher must have possession of the ball to record the out. In the case of a passed ball or wild pitch, he does not therefore, no out and the runner may attempt to advance to first. the ball is only out of play if you can't catch it or use it to make a play, therefore it is called out of play when fouled into the crowd/anywhere the player cant get to it. Not only can the batter advance to first base if the catcher does not catch the ball, he can attempt to advance if the third strike skips in the dirt and is CAUGHT by the catcher; the catcher must catch the third strike cleanly to record the strike-out. In regard to the foul ball/out-of-play ball, they are 2 different things; a foul ball is, in fact, in play and the out can be made if caught on the fly (and runners on base can tag up and advance at their own peril). An out-of-play ball is a not-playable ball. Out-of-play boundaries are agreed upon prior to the start of the game by the umpires and coaches of both teams.

A balk can only be called when the ball is live. If a batter has been awarded time out, then play has stopped, and a balk is impossible. It's safer for the pitcher to complete the pitch, just in case the batter isn't awarded time out.

Bases are different distances apart at different levels of play in baseball. Here is how you can find the distance across the diamond (home to second, or first to third) on any field:

What is the distance between bases?

Square that answer (multiply it by itself).

Double that answer.

Find the square root of that answer.

The answer you get will be the distance from home to second or from first to third.

I believe it's a single rule 10.05 a base hit shall be scored in the following cases:(e) when a fair ball which has not been touched by a fielder touches a runner or an umpire. EXCEPTION: Do not score a hit when a runner is called out for having been touched by an infield fly.

The home team is in charge of determining whether the game starts on time due to rain. When the managers meet with the umpires at home plate before the game, the umpires are then in charge.

Below are snippets from MLB Rule 4.01:

"Unless the home club shall have given previous notice that the game has been postponed or will be delayed in starting, the umpire, or umpires, shall enter the playing field five minutes before the hour set for the game to begin and proceed directly to home base where they shall be met by the managers of the opposing teams."

"As soon as the home team's batting order is handed to the umpire-in-chief the umpires are in charge of the playing field and from that moment they shall have sole authority to determine when a game shall be called, suspended or resumed on account of weather or the condition of the playing field."

No he does not. He can take the pitch and if the catcher drops it or the ball gets by him the dropped third strike rule is in affect unless there is somone on first with less than 2 outs. If there are 2 outs the rule is in affect even with a runner on 1st.

Taft was the first according to the book First off the Tee by journalist Don Van Natta Jr.

If the ball is hit straight back to the pitcher, the throw would always go to first base. The runners on first and second will have been leading off their bases which means they will get to the next base quicker than the batter will get to first base.

well one of them is if you're trying to pick someone off and your foot goes forward the you were to far into your windup and that's a balk because your foot has to go towards the base your trying to pick someone off at.

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There are certain things a pitcher may not do while within this circle. Fore example, when the umpire puts a new ball in play, some pitchers will spit on their hands and rub the ball up. Done outside this circle, it is legal; done inside this circle, it is illegal.

Rose accepted a permanent ban from baseball in 1989 for breaking Major League Rule 21 which defines misconduct, specifically Rule 21(d) which states in part:

"Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall

bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which

the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible."

MLB investigated Rose on the allegations that, while manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he bet on MLB games including Reds games and concluded that the allegations were true although they came up with no evidence that Rose had bet against the Reds. MLB issued him a lifetime suspension which could be appealed after one year. Rose has twice appealed the suspension without success.

Rose has since admitted that he bet on MLB games, including Reds games, during his time as manager of the Reds.

Home to second on a diamond with bases 60 feet apart woould be 120 feet

If you are talking about the area bounded by the base lines, its 8,100 square feet (90 x 90). But if you're talking about the area bounded by the outside edge of the dirt, this can vary from field to field.