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How To Score Extra Innings – Official Scorer’s Advice
Topics: Keeping Score, Rules Changes
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MLB 2020 Rule Changes – Three Batter Minimum
Topics: Batter, Rules Changes
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Pitching Rules Changes MLB 2020
Topics: Pitcher, Rules Changes
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When the Umpire Messes up an Infield Fly
Topics: Infield Fly
Umpires are human so sometimes they make calls that make no sense, like calling an Infield Fly with no runner at 2B. It happens quite a bit at the amateur level and often causes chaos because no one knows what to do. Bring some sensibility and calmness to you next rules discussion by learning this…
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Pitch in the Dirt – Lots of Things Can Happen
Topics: Batter, Hit By Pitch
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Broadcaster Rules Challenge #5 – The Rules Game Show
Topics: Video - Broadcaster Rules Challenge
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Toronto Manager Trades Out for Run, then A’s Protest Game
Topics: Replay Review, Umpire Manual Rules
It isn’t often that the manager of the offensive team will argue and request a replay challenge for the purpose of adding an out to his team while they are at bat. But thanks to the age of video replay and knowledge of the force out rule, former Toronto manager John Gibbons did that on…
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Broadcaster Rules Challenge #4 Bronson Arroyo, Jeff Francoeur, Jim Reynolds MLB Ump
Topics: Video - Broadcaster Rules Challenge
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Do-Overs in Baseball
Ump Calls Time Before Pitch The most common “Do-Over” is when an umpire calls “Time” just before the pitcher delivers the pitch. Rule 8.03 (b) (2) empowers all umpires on the field to call “Time” for legal cause. An unexpected “Time” call once took away a win and a grand slam home run. In the…