U14’s Rules Quiz #3

The ball has to be in the bare hand when a fielder touches a runner with the ball for it to be a legal tag.

A Replacement Player who enters the game without being reported to the umpire is an illegal player.

A fielder may not push a runner off base in an attempt to make an out.

After hitting a foul ball the batter may take a signal from the base coach with both feet outside the batter’s box, without penalty.

The ball is dead whenever a ‘”no pitch” is declared.

Prior to delivering the pitch, the pitcher may hold the ball in both hands at the side of the body.

A Ball is called, when a pitched ball hits the ground and the batter swings and misses.

A batter, hit by a pitched ball out of the strike zone, is hurt and unable to continue playing. He may be substituted and the substitute is allowed to proceed to first base.

When four balls have been called by the umpire, the batter becomes a batter-runner and is awarded one base. If he attempts to advance toward 2nd base, or misses, first base he may be put out.

An obstruction includes the act of a defensive player not in the act of fielding a batted ball or not in the possession of the ball, that impedes the progress of a runner, or batter-runner who is running the bases legally.

A runner is not out when, while running to any base, he or she runs more than 0.91m (3 ft) from the base path, to avoid being touched by the ball in the hands of a fielder.

A dead ball line is considered in play.

The runner is not out when they do not run in a direct line to the base, provided the fielder in the direct line does not have the ball in his possession.

A runner, who is hit by a fair-batted ball while in contact with a base, is always out and the ball is dead.

There is no penalty, and the ball remains live if a helmet is accidentally dislodged, provided it does not cause interference.