Rules
As the ball crosses the plate it must cross the area from the batter’s armpits to the top of her knees when she is in her stance ready to hit the ball.
What is the Strike Zone?
A Base runner stepping off the bag once the pitcher releases the ball
What is a Leadoff
This rule of thumb consists of anyone behind you having the right of way
What is Priority?
A drop third strike is the only time the 1st baseman can recieve the ball on this part of the bag.
What is Orange side?
When a Batter holds the bat in front of the plate and makes contact with strikes to redirect the ball in order to advance a runner
What is a Sacrifice Bunt?
This rule is only in effect when there are runners on 1st and 2nd or loaded bases with less than 2 outs.
What is infield fly?
Fly ball to the outfield with one out. The Runner on 3rd Must ____
What is tag up? The runner can then advance once the ball has been caught or hit the ground
If a ball is popped up into the infied and the pitcher, third base, and Short stop all call for it. This person has priority.
What is Short Stop?
A runner on 1 less than 2 out a ground ball is hit to the second baseman. The second baseman gets the ground ball quickly and sees the runner in front of them.
Regardless if the batter is safe or Out if a runner scores on the batters contact of the ball the batter is awarded with this.
What is an RBI (Run Batted In)?
This rule refers to an act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner
What is Obstruction?
What is crossed home plate before the tag.
The batter bunts the ball and it lands between the pitcher and third baseman but close enough to the catcher this person in theory has right of way.
What is 3rd baseman or whoever gets their first?
The ball is hit Up into the air towards the outfield. The outfielder will first...
What is take a step back (Drop Step)?
The batter bunts the ball when they have two strikes and it goes foul.
What is the batter is Out?
The base path is indicated by ___ thus making the runner not allowed to deviate 3 ft to avoid a tag or hinder a fielder.
What is a line between the runner and the next base?
There is a drop 3rd strike with 2 outs and a runner on 1. The batter and runner advance and do not get thrown out. (Hint: Everyone is ___)
What is everyone is safe
A ball is hit shallowly between Center and left field. This person has priority.
What is Center fielder?
In the air one base ahead, on the ground two bases ahead is a rule made for.
What is outfield?
When a Batter holds the bat in front of the plate and makes contact with the ball regardless of if it is a strike or a ball and a runner at 3rd is going on the pitch.
What is a Suicide/Squeeze Bunt?
This Rule refers to any illegal action by an offensive player that hinders a defensive player’s ability to make a play.
What is Interference
The base runner advances not on the pitch but on the throw back to the pitcher from the catcher
What is a delayed steal?
In Softball if the ball is not hit to you then you...
What is have base or backup?
A defender can do this if they think the runner left early on a caught fly ball by throwing the ball to the base the runner left.
What is appeal?
A Rocky rule is do not be the 1st or 3rd out at 3. This is because a Runner on 2 still has a high...