Baseball Rules and Regulations

There is no "meaning" that you speak of. Catching the ball is just an action that requires your hands placing a grip on the ball. The sole purpose is to receive the ball from another player.

15 inches. It was lowered to 10 inches in 1969 to help increase offense.

The answer to this lies in the definitions listed in Rule 2 of the MLB rule book. FAIR TERRITORY is that part of the playing field within, and including the first base and third base lines, from home base to the bottom of the playing field fence and perpendicularly upwards. All foul lines are in fair territory. A FOUL BALL is a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or over foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any object foreign to the natural ground. From these you will gather that home plate is entirely within fair territory so a ball hitting home plate is still "fair". However, if the "you" in this example is the batter, catcher or umpire and the part of their bodies that the ball touches in on or over foul territory, the ball becomes foul at that point and remains foul no matter what happens afterward. If, however, in the umpire's judgement, the contact is made on or over fair territory, and the ball remains in fair territory, the ball would be fair. In addition, if the umpire determine that the bass is fair, and the "you" is the batter, then the batter would be out.

9 to 12 years old little league regulation is 46 feet mound to plate

Probably. only earned runs count against an ERA so it depends if it was the pitchers fault that the runner got on. If he got on because of a walk, hit, or HBP then yes it counts. If he got on cause of an error then no. Yes it would. Unless of course, the previous criteria are met. Also, it wouldn't be charged to the current pitcher if the pitcher that allowed him to get on base was taken from the game. The pitcher that left would be responsible for the runner if he got on without an error.

75 miles per hour is about 110 feet per second. So a pitch thrown at that speed will reach home plate in a little more than half a second (about .55 seconds). A pitch thrown at 90 MPH will reach the batter in about a tenth of a second less (.45 seconds).

Just milling though this in my mind, I can think of ten:

Sacrifice fly Fielder's choice Base hit Wild pitch Passed ball Steal of home Squeeze bunt Error on a fielder (throwing or fielding) Ground out Balk by pitcher

Sounds right to me. However, in this situation, a groundout IS a fielder's choice.

A Balk, Single, Double(regular or ground rule), Triple, Home Run, Fielder's Choice, Sacrafice Fly, Sacrafice Bunt, Error (over throw and bobble), Wild Pitch, Passed Ball, Stolen Base (straight steal and/or drop 3rd strike), Walk with the bases loaded, Catchers Obstruction with the bases loaded, Hit by Pitch with the bases loaded... 15 ways I can think of (going by the way you'd score the run scoring).

No it is not it is the end of the game

It will take 1/4 of a second to reach home plate

If s/he touches Second Base he can't retreat.

no your are only allowed 6 players in infield

Its the same distance as home plate to 2nd base. Or you can go back and use that high school geometry........ a2+b2=c2 where each leg is 60 ft. Formula would give you 84.85ft or roughly 84 ft 10 in.

Yes.

Encroachment is when a defensive player makes contact with an offensive player before the snap of the ball.

The first wild card team to play in a playoff game was the Detroit Lions who played the NFC East Division champion Dallas Cowboys on December 26, 1970. The Cowboys won the game 5-0. To this day (January 4, 2008) that game is the lowest scoring playoff game in NFL history.

The pitcher is always '1' on a scorecard.

A force out is given the abbreviation /FO

On any play, the player last receiving a thrown ball is always listed last; the player who first touched the ball is listed first, and anyone who touches it in between those is listed sequentially.

Thus, if a line shot is knocked to the ground by the first baseman, and the second baseman then picks it up and throws to the pitcher covering first, it would be recorded as

3-4-1 / FO

Force out, 1B to 2B to pitcher.

If you get walked that means the pitcher threw 4 balls to you and you did not swing you get to take a free base if the pitcher gets the ball and he is not on the mound you can run to second base

No. Remember there are left handed pitchers and right handed pitchers.

Almost every umpire will declare a right handed pitcher to have balked if his foot doesn't disengage from the rubber when he throws to first.

A left handed pitcher simply steps and throws to first. His back foot usually never disengages from the rubber.

To over simplify - a pitcher is called for a balk when the umpire judges the pitcher to have deceived the runner in some way. So, anytime a baulk is called, an umpire made a judgement call.

This is the pitcher

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ARTICLE 42

CLUB DISCIPLINE

Section 1.

Maximum

Discipline:

(iv)

Losing, damaging or altering Club-provided equipment-maximum fine of $1,770, and replacement cost, if any.

(v)

Throwing football into stands-maximum fine of $1,770.

Strike 'em out, throw 'em out---when the pitcher strikes a baseball out and the catcher throws out a baserunner trying to steal Round tripper---a home run Cycle---when a player hits a homerun, triple, double, and single in the same game Doubleheader---when a team plays two games in one day

the force of gravity and the force of push the gravity makes the ball come back down after the ball has been bounced up and the push force is the force of you pushing or running yourself up the court

yes but they CAN'T be pointed metal spikes

If it is an attempted steal of home, or if it is a suicide squeeze play, the batter has the right to be in the batter's box in order to attempt to hit the pitched ball. However, he may not remain there after the attempt if a play is subsequently being made at the plate (for example, on a passed ball, or if the runner on 3rd base is in a rundown).

As long as the ball does not touch the ground or a wall, the batter is called out.