Author: Chris Welsh

Former MLB pitcher, currently TV analyst for Cincinnati Reds on Fox Sports Ohio
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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 Extra Inning Rule

Topics: 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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Do-Overs in Baseball

Topics: Baseball Myths, Rules Controversy, Uncategorized

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…

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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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