Rule 3 – Section 3 – BENCH AND FIELD CONDUCT
3-3-1 A coach, player, substitute, attendant or other bench personnel shall not: a. leave the dugout during a live ball for an unauthorized purpose; b. fake a tag without the ball; c. carelessly throw a bat; d. wear jewelry (players participating in the game) or wear bandannas; e. hit the ball to players on defense after…
Rule 3 – Section 2 – COACHING
3-2-1 One player or coach may occupy each coach’s box while his team is at bat. A coach who is not in the uniform of the team shall be restricted to the bench/dugout. However, a coach may leave the bench/dugout to attend to a player who becomes ill or injured. He may address base runners or…
Rule 3 – Section 1 – SUBSTITUTING
3-1-1 After the umpire has received the official lineup card prior to the game, the player listed as pitcher shall pitch until the first opposing batter has been put out or has advanced to first base. In any other case, a substitute may replace a player of his team when the ball is dead and time…
Rule 2 – Section 42 – PLAYING FIELD
2-42 The playing field includes both fair and foul territory. Any other areas beyond the playing field are defined as being outside the playing field (dead ball area). Any wall, fence, barricade, rope, wire, marked or imaginary line is considered a part of the playing field. Any areas beyond those boundaries are outside the playing…
Rule 2 – Section 41 – WILD PITCH
2-41 A wild pitch is one which cannot be handled by the catcher with ordinary effort (9-6-1).
Rule 2 – Section 40 – TOUCHING BALL, BASE OR RUNNER
2-40 Touching is contact with, and there is no distinction between the act of touching or by being touched. The term applies to contact with any part of the person or his clothing if the clothing is reasonably well fitted. This includes: a pitched ball touching a batter, or a batted ball touching a batter…
Rule 2 – Section 39 – TIME AT BAT
2-39 Time at bat is the period beginning when a batter first enters the batter’s box and continuing until he is put out or becomes a runner. A batter is not charged in the records with a time at bat when he makes a sacrifice hit, is hit by a pitched ball, is awarded a…
Rule 2 – Section 38 – TIME
“Time” is the command of the umpire to suspend play. The ball becomes dead when it is given (5-2-1). The term is also used in recording the length of the game.
Rule 2 – Section 37 – THROW
2-37 A throw is the act of voluntarily losing possession through having the ball leave the hand for a purpose other than a pitch. It may result in the ball being bounced, handed, rolled, tossed or thrown.
Rule 2 – Section 36 – SUBSTITUTIONS
2-36-1 A substitute is a player who is eligible to replace another player already in the lineup. 2-36-2 An unreported substitute is a player who, by rule, can be in the game but has entered without reporting. 2-36-3 An illegal substitute is: a player who enters or re-enters the game without eligibility to do so, or a player who re-enters…
