Baseball Special Rules
A batter is awarded first base automatically if the catcher drops strike three and this is happening.
What is first base is unoccupied (or two outs)?
This is the minimum number of classes a student must be passing to remain eligible for UIL sports.
What is all classes / no failing grades?
This team has won the most World Series championships.
What are the New York Yankees?
This player is known as “The Sultan of Swat.”
Who is Babe Ruth?
The Weight of a standard NFHS baseball
What is 5 oz?
If a fielder throws the ball out of play, runners get this many bases.
What is 2 bases?
The UIL rule that removes players from competition if they are failing a class is known by this nickname.
What is No Pass No Play?
This team ended its 86-year championship drought with the 2004 World Series win.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
This Dodgers second baseman broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The number of stiches on a baseball.
What is 216?
If a runner is hit by a batted ball in fair territory before the fielder touches it, the runner is ruled what?
What is out (runner interference)?
This is the number of weeks a student becomes ineligible after failing a class at a grade check.
What is three weeks?
This team famously came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win the 2016 World Series.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
This Giants slugger hit 660 home runs and was known for saying, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Who is Willie Mays?
This team was known as “The Big Red Machine” in the 1970s.
Who are the Cincinnati Reds?
This rule awards bases to runners if a pitcher commits an illegal motion.
What is a Balk?
All bats used in UIL high school baseball must meet this bat certification standard.
What is BBCOR?
This player hit three home runs in one World Series game in 1977, earning the nickname “Mr. October.”
Who is Reggie Jackson?
This pitcher threw a record seven no-hitters.
Who is Nolan Ryan?
The oldest ballpark still in use in MLB.
What is Fenway Park?
This rule automatically calls the batter out on a pop-up with runners on first and second or bases loaded, less than two outs.
What is the infield fly rule?
Under UIL pitch count rules, the max number of pitches a player may throw in a day is this many.
What is 110 pitches?
The number of World Series Championships have the Dodgers won.
What is 9?
1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024, and 2025
This Yankee was nicknamed “The Iron Horse” for playing in 2,130 consecutive games.
Hint (ALS disease)
Who is Lou Gehrig?
In 2001, Randy Johnson famously hit this animal with a 100-mph fastball.
What is a bird?