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https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2025-official-baseball-rules.pdf The answer is in Rule 5.11 1. No, the player cannot come back in to pitch (see first bolded part below) 2. I think the rule I quote below assumes a situation in which the player goes from the mound directly to defense so I am not sure if he can come an play defense later in the game. Since 5.11(a) allows, in general, for a switch from DH to defense [see 5.11 (a)(12)], I think he can (but this will terminate the team's use of a DH for the rest of the game). See the second bolded part below, which is also what 5.11 (a)(12) says. 5.11 (b) Starting Pitcher as Designated Hitter. It is not mandatory that a Club designate a hitter for the pitcher. However, in the event the starting pitcher will bat for himself, the player will be considered two separate people for purposes of Rule 5.11(a). In such cases, the manager should list 10 players on his team’s lineup card, and this player should be named twice – once as the starting pitcher and once as the Designated Hitter. Thus, if the starting pitcher is replaced, he can continue as the Designated Hitter (but can no longer pitch in the game), and if the Designated Hitter is replaced, he can continue as the pitcher (but can no longer hit for himself). If the player is simultaneously replaced both as a starting pitcher and Designated Hitter, he cannot be replaced by another two-way player filling both roles as separate people (this can be done only once on the initial lineup card by identifying that the starting pitcher will bat for himself). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Rule 5.11(a) above, if that pitcher bats or runs as Designated Hitter, such move will not terminate the Designated Hitter role for that Club; neither will the role be terminated in the event that Designated Hitter assumes the role of pitcher on defense. However, if that player is switched from the mound or Designated Hitter role to a position on defense other than pitcher, such move will terminate the Designated Hitter role for that Club for the remainder of the game.

Good catch! MLB rule 6.01 (a) (3) states: Before two are out and a runner on third base, the batter hinders a fielder in making a play at home base; the runner is out. So, we have a judgment call. Was the pitcher making a play at home base? (in this case proximity being the issue) Yes= interference and an out. No= nothing. Acting as the devil's advocate to play out the conversation... So the Manager (in an even tone if they are well trained and prepared) says "So @BigBlue4u you're saying the pitcher was hindered running towards home. However, it wasn't judged Interference because he wasn't making a play at home?"

Good catch! MLB rule 6.01 (a) (3) states: Before two are out and a runner on third base, the batter hinders a fielder in making a play at home base; the runner is out. So, we have a judgment call. Was the pitcher making a play at home base? (in this case proximity being the issue) Yes= interference and an out. No= nothing.

According to MLB rules... Assume you start the game with the Ohtani rule (same player is DH/Starting Pitcher) which we'll call Player A. Later in the game, another player comes off the bench to pitch but Player A remains as the DH. Can that player, Player A the DH, then come back in to pitch or play a defensive position again later in the game? References to actual MLB rules would be helpful, thanks!

I follow the line of thought. What rulebook language are you using to explain the call to the defense?

Ms. Teschmacher, please ring up @johnnyg08. He's conspicuously silent. I'd like to hear his opinion.

I use "at home base" as the location where a batter would be guilty of BI. Others argue that any hindrance of "a play at home base" would be BI. Invoking 6.01(b) on this play with two outs, who do you grab as the out?

Ummmmm Max, hate to say this but the (mid) 80s were 40 years ago!!

Apologies. I am a USA softball guy mostly, so I was referring to the USA rules. 7.6 "The batter is out" 7.6.R "When hindering the catcher from catching or throwing the ball by stepping out of the batter’s box.". Effect - The ball is dead. The batter is out. Each runner must return to the last base touched at the time of the interference. I believe USSSA treats this the same way. I don't call high school because my work schedule doesn't allow me to take enough games to make the registration worth it, so I don't have access to those rules. I do see the NCAA exception in 11.20, so good call out there (pun intended).

Unfortunately, I am not showing any wide widths available in these.

1. There is no assuming a fielder can/cannot make a play. If a runner interferes with the protected fielder, the ball is dead at that point so there is no longer a play to be made. 2. The offense only gets the choice if all runners and the BR do not achieve their next base. If everyone advances 1 base, we ignore the interference, even if outs occur beyond the advanced base. 3. Delayed Dead Ball - Batter interference, Umpire interference on a throw, Catcher's Interference Immediate Dead Ball - Spectator interference, Umpire interference on a hit, Runner/BR interference, Retired Runner Interference, Coach's Interference, Authorized individual interference (bench player, ball boy),

Looks like I am in the minority here. But I've got nothing. First, who created the problem? Second, the batter made a legitimate effort to get out of the way of a play at the plate. Third, even if the batter was in the way of the pitcher, it is unlikely a play could have been made on the runner. Bottom line, I'm not going to pull one out of my you know what to bail out a miscue by the offense. For the scorekeepers in the midst, score the run on a wild pitch.

batter did not do this by design, nor was it premeditated or intentional. by trying to do the right thing and get out of the way, he actually gets in the way and commits interference.

1) Assuming the fielder cannot make a play, it is an immediate dead ball and any runners are returned to base occupied at the time of the pitch. 2. No, it is a delayed dead ball. Offense can take the result of the play or advance batter and any runner attempting to advance on the pitch, one base. 3. No. Many interference calls result in a delayed dead ball.

A). Baserunner running his normal path to second base is called for interference by running into an infielder making a play on a batted ball. Is this a dead ball? Where are the other runners/batter placed? B). The batter makes contact with the catcher's mitt as he swings, but still manages a hit down the line that will certainly score the runner from second, and potentially be a double for himself. The plate umpire recognizes the catcher's interference. But.... is this an immediate dead ball?? C) Are most all offensive interference plays called immediately as a dead ball...?? Or delayed penalty...??

Be nice if they could be available in wider widths?

Except the bedlam part.

This is clearly a volunteer umpire, and none of the above is going to happen. C'est la vie!

A runner is assumed to have acheived a base when he passes it, even if he does not tag it. The defense must appeal the miss in order to get a ruling from the umpire (if missed, the umpire calls out, if tagged, he calls safe). An umpire should be careful not to tip off either team of the miss, if he sees it. It is the defense's responsibility to see it and appeal. It is the runner's/offense's responsibility to notice and try to correct the error before the appeal is made. I'll let my umpire friends correct me if I am wrong, but with no play at the plate you shouldn't get a safe signal. Since the defense did not try to tag the runner, there is no call to make.

Okay... Good! You (general collective "you") / We have to know this ruling, cold. Implicitly. Backwards and forwards. Why? Watch the video clip again. Yes, the context is young kids playing baseball, and from the size disparity, likely 11U, maybe 12U. Absent the PU missing this (which he obviously did), if the PU doesn't rule on this in a direct, decisive, definitive manner, there will be bedlam. The only way through this is with conviction-of-call, and citing the rule, virtually verbatim. No daddy-coach, local hire, or even small travel/academy coach knows this/these rule(s), and even if they're aware of it, they don't know the particulars.

There is no call unless and until the defense appeals that the runner missed home plate. That appeal has to happen before the next pitch (or play depending on the ruleset).

A runner seemingly scores at home with no throw to the plate, but does not actually touch home. The defense assumes he scores, and gets the ball to the pitcher and prepares for the next batter. The runner (who "scored") simply walks to his dugout, and the next batter gets ready to hit. The plate umpire says nothing and never signaled a safe call, and never signaled out as the runner walks off. Everybody in the park thinks he scored. What's the call?

@Marcus6 yes, Gerry Davis will be carrying them.

The current Purchase Officials catalog says they are getting these in 2027. Is Davis getting these @DerekGDS?