Baseball Rules and Regulations

In the National League pitchers are treated like any other player and must bat for their order in the lineup, in the American League the pitchers spot in the lineup can be taken by a designated hitter. Since the two leagues have different rules, They go by the rules for the ballpark they play in. If it is in a National League ball park, the pitcher hits, if it is in an American League ball park they use a DH. This applies for any regulation game, regular season and playoffs

In the Majors, 25 from opening day until the end of August. That usually includes 5 starting pitchers, 6 relief pitchers, 8 starting position players, one extra catcher, and five bench players who can pinch hit, pinch run, become defensive substitutes in the later innings, and generally back up the starting position players. In September, the teams can expand their rosters up to 40, (to give some of the top minor league prospects whose seasons have ended a shot to play in the "bigs"). Playoff teams must reduce their roster back to 25 in October, and all of their players needed to be roster players for the team by Aug.1 to be eligible to play in the playoffs.

There is no rover in baseball. Some softball leagues allow a rover, which is simply an extra fielder. The rover usually plays in shallow center-field, but like every other player (except the pitcher and catcher), can play anywhere on the field at any time.

Good question. The only thing that would be close to a WILD PITCH RBI would be if the batter swung at the pitch for a third strike, which of course the catcher couldn't catch. There would have to be a runner on third, and the batter would have to be safe at first on the dropped third strike rule. I do not believe that this would truly be an RBI though, because technically, a dropped third strike is like a walk, the batter is not credited with a hit.

Its called short-stop

The suggested length of a field is 200 feet to the fence. However there are no set dimensions for length. If asking about the length to the outfield grass again there is a suggested length which is a 70 feet radius from the pitching rubber.

Under most circumstances, this would be an earned run, provided he eventually scores.

However, there are a few cases where it would not be an earned run. One example would be if the inning is extended by an error, no runs scored after that error are earned.

Forfeit. You must have eight to start and when the ninth batter should be up he is declared out unless the other team is willing to let that slide.

I don't know how many times, I've answered this on other pages but it's always fun. Here is the official ruling right from the MLB Rules Book. Rule 6 - The Batter

Rule 6.05

(a) Hits fair or foul ball (other than a foul tip) is legally caught by a fielder ( PO at 1st)

(b) A third strike is legally caught by the catcher.

(c) A third strike is not caught by the catcher when the first base is occupied before two are out;

(d) Bunts foul on third strike;

(e) An Infield Fly is declared;

(f) He attempts to hit a third strike and the ball touches him.

(g) His fair ball touches him before touching a fielder;

(h) After hitting or bunting a fair ball, his bat hits the ball a second time in fair territory. The ball is dead and no runners may advance. If the batter-runner drops his bat anther ball rolls against the bat in fair territory and, in the umpire's judgment, there was no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, the ball is alive and in play;

(i) After hitting or bunting a fall ball, he intentionally deflects the course of the ball in any manner while running to first base. The ball is dead and no runners may advance;

(j) After a third strike o after he hits a fair ball, he or the fist bas is tagged before he touches first base;

(k) In running the last half o the distance from home base to first bas, while the ball is behind fielded to first base, runs outside the three foot line or inside the foul line and tin the umpire's judgment in so doing interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base in which case the ball is dead; except that he may run outside the three foot line or inside the foul line to avoid a fielder attempting to field a batted ball.

(l) An infielder intestinally drops a fair fly ball or line drive with first, first and second, first and third, or first, second and third base occupied before two are out. The ball is dead and runner or runners shall return to their original base or bases;

(m) A preceding runner shall, in the umpires judgment intentionally interfere with a fielder who is attempt to catch a thrown ball or to throw a ball in an attempt to complete an y play

(n) With tow out, a runner on third base and two strikes on the batter, the runner attempts to steal home base on a legal pitch and the ball touches the runner in the batter's strike zone. The umpire shall call Strike Three the batter is out and the run shall not count; before two are out, the umpire shall call Strike Three the ball is dead and the run counts.

BUT WAITE THERE IS MORE......Rule 6.06

See your major league rules book from the MLB web page for more rules.

The pitching rubber is 60' 6" from home plate.

The official formula for on-base percentage is (Hits + Walks + Hit by pitch) / (At-bats + Walks + Hit by pitch + sacrifice flies).

Reaching base on an error goes against your BA and OBP, as it doesn't count as a hit but counts as an at bat.

60 feet, 6 inches

In high school, college, and professional baseball, from the back corner of the home plate to the front edge of the pitcher's plate (or rubber, if you prefer) is 60 feet 6 inches.

The front of home plate, the 17 inch wide line that defines the strike zone, is 17 inches closer to the pitcher, 59 feet and 1 inch from the rubber.

For 13-16 year olds it's 50 feet 4 inches, and in little league it's 45 feet

For a 10u league it's 35 feet, and for a 12u it's 40 feet

For women's college softball, it's 43 feet, and for men, it's 46 feet.

No, once you are tagged out you don't get credited with anything if you are the one at bat. Now if another batter hits the ball and there was already a man on base at first and he gets tagged at 2nd base, then yes the man on 1st base would get the single from his previous at bat If the batted ball was cleanly a base hit and he was thrown out trying to advance past first base then the batter would be given the hit corresponding to the last base the batter reached safely. If the batter was thrown out at second, the batter would be given a single. If the batter was thrown out at third, the batter would be given a double. If the batter was thrown out at home plate, the batter would be given a triple.

EH in softball stands for EveryoneHits. you EverybodyHits. something like that. it is used when you batting the whole team, and in the place where you would right the benching players position in the batting line up, you write, EH.

On July 10, 2008, Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers struck out twice in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies.

On August 12, 2008 Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox struck out twice in the first inning against Texas Rangers.

For fun with there friends or to win

some may say it's so you can boosts your teams momentum/confidence,

but that's crap. when you argue with the umpire/referee, you'll get in some sort of trouble depending on what sport you're playing. for example, in netball you'll get a warning and if you do it again you'll be sent off. in basketball you can be sent out af the stadium until you calm down.

people argue with the umpire/referee when they don't agree with the decision the umpire/referee has made in the game.

The pitching rubber is 60 feet 6 inches from home plate. The number was intended to be 60 feet even, but messy handwriting on the baseball field blueprint was read as "6" instead of "0".

A Baseball game lasts 9 innings. an inning is batter batting until 3 outs are made, an inning is 6 outs 3 from each team, Baseball has NO set time limit, a game can be called for rain and other acts of "god" but not for timeb before stadiums were lighted games could be called for darkness

When a ball is hit into left field it is the shortstop's job to act as a cutoff man while the second baseman covers second base and when the ball is hit to right field it is the second baseman's job to act as a cutoff unless the play is at home then the outfielder will throw to the first baseman as a middle man while the shortstop covers second base. Now if the ball is hit to center field then it is the shortstop's job to cutoff unless again the play is at home then the first baseman is the cutoff.

It is a base. Under rule 2.0 of the MLB official rule book, " A BASE is one of four points which must be touched by a runner in order to score a run; more usually applied to the canvas bags and the rubber plate which mark the base points."

No. Home plate is considered fair territory and is treated as any other part of the field. However, if the batter is stepping on home while making contact with the ball, he is out for having touched the ball in fair territory. ---------- The above is not necessarily true. The rule says if the batter has all of one or both feet out of the batter's box when making contact with the pitch, he's out. But it's certainly possible for a batter's toe to be on the plate while his heel is on the inside line of the batter's box, and he would be legal. Next time you watch a Major League game, look for the inside line of the batter's box. In most ballparks, they don't chalk the inside line. Why? Because then it's up to the umpire to decide if, in his judgment, the batter's entire foot was out of the batter's box when he made contact with the pitch. It makes for fewer discussions with the Managers. And by the way, if the entire foot is out of the batter's box, and the batter makes contact with the pitch, he's out, whether he hits the ball fair or foul.

The run does not count if a runner crosses home plate during an inning-ending double (or triple) play, where the runners are all retired on force outs (as is the case in most double plays). Generally speaking, if the third out is recorded by a force out (including at first base), no runs can score on the play.

If the inning's third out was not recorded through a force play (whether or not it's the second or third out of that play), however, the run will count if the runner crossed the plate before the out was recorded. For example, on April 28, 2007, the Indians recorded a double play by catching a fly ball and catching the runner off first base. The runner from third base had already crossed the plate (after tagging up properly), so the run counted. In that case, the umpires actually got the rule wrong, and reversed themselves 3 innings later.

There is almost an implicit assumption that tutors know about these things.