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Little known rules of baseball
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:15 am
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:15 am
I've played baseball and watched it for 30 years and I am still learning rules of the game. The most surprising to me is a tie doesn't go to the runner. That shocked the hell out of me. I looked up other rules and found too many to name that I knew nothing about.
A few that stuck out to me:
1.Tie doesn't go to the runner.
2.There is a such thing as a catcher balk.
3. Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
I feel like an idiot. Any others little known rules of baseball that people may not know?
A few that stuck out to me:
1.Tie doesn't go to the runner.
2.There is a such thing as a catcher balk.
3. Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
I feel like an idiot. Any others little known rules of baseball that people may not know?
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Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:18 am to Bojangles
I was not aware that a walk with bases loaded will give the batter credit for an RBI.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:23 am to Bojangles
I played catcher my whole life. They never call a balk on the catcher. I was warned many times for moving out of the catcher's box before the pitch was being delivered, but it's a rule they never really enforce.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:24 am to Bojangles
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2.There is a such thing as a catcher balk.
I think I saw this once in my whole life of watching the baseball, primarily the Braves.
This post was edited on 2/20/14 at 9:24 am
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:29 am to Bojangles
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.Tie doesn't go to the runner.
My whole life has been a lie
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:38 am to Bojangles
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3. Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
This is never enforced.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:40 am to Bojangles
A man with four balls cannot walk.
This post was edited on 2/20/14 at 9:40 am
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:43 am to Bojangles
Read "As They See 'Em" by Bruce Weber.
Fantastic book about umpires. Lotta weird situations in there I wasn't aware of.
Fantastic book about umpires. Lotta weird situations in there I wasn't aware of.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:45 am to Bojangles
This almost happened in the LSU game last weekend. If the pitcher balks, but the pitcher is already in the process of throwing the ball to the plate, the ball is not dead. If the ball is hit into fair play (or wild pitch), the offense has the option of taking the result of the play, or the balk.
I think this weekend the opponents pitcher balked, threw a wild pitch, but the ump in the field seemed to be signaling dead ball. Bregaman almost scored from 2nd base on the wild pitch because the catcher didn't run after the ball.
I think this weekend the opponents pitcher balked, threw a wild pitch, but the ump in the field seemed to be signaling dead ball. Bregaman almost scored from 2nd base on the wild pitch because the catcher didn't run after the ball.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 9:47 am to Bojangles
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1.Tie doesn't go to the runner.
Do or do not, there is no tie.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 10:10 am to Bojangles
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2.There is a such thing as a catcher balk.
I've seen this called a couple times growing up but ALWAYS when a team was trying to intentionally walk the batter.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 10:16 am to Bojangles
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3. Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
This is definitely incorrect. Not sure what level of baseball you are referring to, but if the umpire wants they can call a "ball" not award the hitter first base.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 11:09 am to Bojangles
Recall some young punk umpire pulled this rule out of his handbook cost us the game
Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 11:18 am to Bojangles
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3. Pitcher has only 20 seconds to pitch the ball. If he fails to do so, the batter is awarded first.
This one is completely a judgement call by the ump, and it only applies if he's on the rubber
Posted on 2/20/14 at 11:55 am to Bojangles
Some people do not know you can have a tie in MLB.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 12:37 pm to Bojangles
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The most surprising to me is a tie doesn't go to the runner.
No one claims that's a rule. It's more of a saying.
If it's a tie. The tore didn't beat the runner. If it didn't beat the runner.. He's safe. That's all it means.
Posted on 2/20/14 at 4:42 pm to Bojangles
is this pro?
Posted on 2/20/14 at 11:25 pm to Bojangles
You seem hung up on this tie goes to the runner thing
Everyone knows that isn't a real rule
Everyone knows that isn't a real rule
Posted on 2/21/14 at 9:00 am to Bojangles
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1.Tie doesn't go to the runner.
Well, I mean, if he's there at the same time the ball gets there, he's 99% of the time called safe?
Posted on 2/21/14 at 11:55 am to Bojangles
An infield fly can land 3/4ths of the way into the outfield
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