If the player gets to second base on his hit, it is a double.

If a player is on first base and goes to second base on a pitch during another player's at bat, it is called stealing second base.

If a player is on first base and goes to second base on another players hit, walk, ground out, etc., it is called being advanced to second base.

They (1) describe what is happening on the field, (2) point out any reasons for added drama (standings, records, streaks, feuds), (3) discuss off-field issues (injuries, trades), or (4) talk about nothing.

Two bases from the base the runner occupied at the time the wild throw was made.

It's unclear what the MLB rule book says on the matter. While it's clear that both a batter and a pitcher are allowed to change sides once, the umpire's decision that the batter must declare first remains debatable.

We're waiting on an official ruling on it

No

GDP-Grounded into Double Play

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There are 90 feet between each base in Major League baseball.

ERA stands for Earned Run Average. The number of innings per game determines how ERA is calcuated. In Major League Baseball they play 9 innings so ERA is calculated with this equation, Earned Runs divided by 9. High School baseball (at least where I am located) plays 7 innings as a regulation length game. In this case a pitcher's ERA is Earned Runs divided by 7. In Little League the a regulation game is 6 innings, so ERA would be determined by Earned Runs divided by 6. If you are playing a game and it goes in to extra innings then a pitcher's ERA is not affected by the extra innings. If a regulation game is 6 innings, and the game goes into the seventh inning, then a pitcher's ERA is still determined by # of earned runs divided by 6. In summary ERA is ALWAYS determined by the amount of Earned Runs allowed divided by the number of innings played (not including extra innings).

There is no time limit addressed in the official MLB rules. This is left up to the discretion of the home plate umpire. But, if the manager is still on the mound after 15-20 seconds the umpire will start his walk to the mound to break things up.

four tenths of a second

Once upon a time, in the baseball years of lore, a president was attending a game (can't remember which), in the middle of the seventh inning, he, quite literally, stood to stretch. The other fans, upon seeing the president stand, rose out of respect (respecting a president!!!)...and it has stuck as tradition ever since.

In a standard baseball game, there are three outs per inning for each team, with nine innings played. If the home team is ahead after the visiting team has batted in the ninth inning, the game is over at that point (as there is no need for the home team to bat).

Unless the foul occurs on the second strike, in which nothing is called then yes.

You can slide into 1st base. Generally, it is not recommended. There are two scenarios where you may want to slide into first. 1) You have hit the ball and are running toward first. The first baseman is positioning to receive the throw. You can see that the throw is offline and the defender may try to tag you instead of touching the base, or the throw has put the defender in your basepath. You slide to avoid a tag or the defender. 2) You have a base hit and have rounded the bag. A throw is coming toward 1st base and you need to return. You may want to slide back to the bag to avoid the tag while off the base.

yes

The force-out rule is the same in little league as it is in the majors. If there is nowhere else for the runner to go because the runner behind him must advance, the force-out is at the base he's headed to.

In MLB, the team that is losing must have five full innings of at bats for the game to be complete. If the home team is ahead, the game can be called in the bottom of the fifth inning and it would be considered complete since the visiting team, who is losing, has had five full innings of at bats. If the home team is losing, the game can be called in the top of the sixth inning and it would be considered complete since the home team has had five full innings of at bats.

A batting average is number of hits divided by the number of at bats. Slugging Percentage is a mathematical equation. A HR is fout points, triple 3 points, a double is two, and a single is one. take the number of points added up, then divide by the number of at bats. For example, a batter goes 1 for 4 and hits a home run, which is four points. Four points divided into 4 at bats equals 1.000 slugging percentage.

It's that distance because that's the rule.

It's that rule because it's that rule.

That's as far as you're going to get as far as "Why?" in most baseball rules!

'AA' stands for 'American Association'. It can also mean the second highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA) and includes the Eastern League, Southern League and the Texas League.

The ball hit into the stands is beyond the limits of the baseball field, and is therefore considered a home run. In order for the caught ball to be counted as an 'out', the catch would have to be made on the field area and by a legitimate player of one of the two teams.

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The ball is ruled dead and the umpire will award any bases or charge any outs that, in his judgment, would have occurred without the interference. There is a fine line between the ruling of fair play and spectator interference. The rule is the stands belong to the fans and the field of play belongs to the player. If the player has to lean over a railing into the stands to make a play on a fly ball and a fan interferes, there can be no call of spectator interference. If a fan leans over a railing into the field of play and interferes with a fielder making a play on a fly ball, the umpire will call spectator interference and the batter will be out and most probably, the fan will be ejected from the stadium.

There could be two scenarios to your question. One would be a high fly ball that the fielder can get under and make a play on. The other would be a line drive that the fielder could not get back to make a play on. For the first scenario, the high fly ball, the batter would be called out. On the second scenario, the line drive, the umpire would make a judgment and award the batter the base that he would have 'normally' advanced to had there not been spectator interference.

If the batter who reached by via catcher's interference scores, his run would be unearned, however, it cannot be determined if any runner on base scored due to catcher's interference is earned or unearned until the inning is played out and recreated without the interference or any error that may have occurred.