Batted Ball Comes to Rest on Home Plate: Fair or Foul?
Batted Ball Touches Batter in the Batter’s Box
The Rulebook Strikezone
Backswing or Follow-Through Interference
Batter’s Interference is When a Batter Impedes a Catcher’s Throw
Is Home Plate in Fair or Foul Territory?
Is this Batter out of the Batter’s Box? Red Sox Manager Thinks So
There is nothing like a 17-inning loss to get a manager’s emotions running hot. When the Red Sox and Twins played a 5-hour 45-minute marathon game, June 17, 2019, Red Sox manager, Alex Cora watched his team walked off by a game winning single by Max Kepler. But earlier in the 17th inning, Cora had…
Hit By Pitch, Not So Simple
When a batter is hit by a pitch it is usually an easy call for the home plate umpire; dead ball, batter awarded first base and all runners who are forced advance one base. But what happens if the batter is not in the batter’s box? Or attempts to swing or offers to bunt the…
MLB TO USE PITCH TIMER DURING ’19 SPRING TRAINING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2019 MLB ANNOUNCES FORMAT OF PITCH TIMER DURING SPRING TRAINING Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the format of a pitch timer that will be used during 2019 Spring Training games. No decision has been made on whether the timer will be used in regular season games. A 20-second pitch…
