noumpere

That's a weird slide. We need video, and it depends on the timing, but it's your judgement

The rule says it's a balk to feint a pitch or feint a throw to a base (paraphrased). You need to decide whether that shoulder twitch qualifies.

If you call the first three strikes, you won't have to worry about the fourth.

Not again...

OBR used to be the same as FED, then OBR changed it. They should change it back.

It comes down to judgment of who is the most likely to have a play -- and it can only be one person at a time. Thsi is from JR: If, at any given time, two or more fielders are expecting to field batted ball, the one who is in a better position to field it (or who is nearer the ball) is given priority over the other fielders. Only one fielder can have priority at a given time, but priority can be immediately taken from one fielder and given to another. On fly balls, it is usually not practical or necessary to give any fielder priority until the fly has reached its highest point.

I would have used a rib, but it was the one he gave to Eve.

Not that I'm old, but that didn't work for me when Adam came to the plate....

(1) When the batter is preparing to swing, the midpoint is often a bit lower than where it is when the batter is standing preparing to receive the pitch. (2) In reality, for most of us, the strike zone is whatever leads to the least bitching. Not by one coach in one game, but by all coaches in all games (at that level / league).

1) Goldilocks rule: IF the umpire is notified while the improper batter is still at bat, it's too early. If the umpire is notified after a pitch to a subsequent batter, it's too late. If the umpire is notified after the improper batter reaches base and before a pitch to the next batter, it's just right. 2) It's called BOOT (batting out of turn) but it should be called BTSTBWIYT -- Being Too Stupid To Bat When It's Your Turn. The batter who *should have been* at the plate is out and the batting order picks up after that. Other outs on the play stand; other runners (those not out) return to TOP.

That penalty is for 8-4-2b, and more specifically for the "on a force play" part of the rule. There's no additional penalty (beyond the runner being out) for going out of the baseline, and the ball remains live.

That and keeping batters in the box (or getting them back in when they're allowed to be out). It's not just the time the batter is out of the box -- keeping the batter in early gets both teams in a rhythm and you get better pitching, hitting and defense. Saving 15 seconds an at-bat will shorten the game time by 15 minutes

This is (or used to be) one of the plays where all three codes differed -- either in the fielder requirements or in whether a line marking DBT (e.g, "fence line extended")was in LBT or DBT

When you look it up in the hard copy, you find the answer to other questions you didn't even know you had. Some sort of e-version is good to c-n-p into websites such as this. And -- that should be at least one read *every couple of months per rules code* through the hard copy.

Chicago area will (mostly) be $77 in spring 2024; goes up by $2 each year for the next two years. No mileage paid (or, more accurately, it's bundled into that $77 fee). The OP also needs to consider who pays the assigning fee -- in some areas it's in the game fee and the umpire pays the assigner; in others, the school pays the assigner directly.

Legal, as described. 1) you don't need to put your hands down to your sides 2) You can even step and throw to third without disengaging in OBR (disengaging is required under NFHS)

PU can (and should) help with any retouch at first.

An infield fly is just like any other fly ball, except that the batter is automatically out. So, the rephrase your question: "If a fielder drops a fly ball ... do runners have to "tag up?" Theanswer should be obvious

Then this falls under the "interference with a thrown ball" rules. Unless it was intentional (for example, something akin to swatting the ball out of the fielder's glove), this is nothing.

My solution to all that (and the dangling throat guards and....): I stopped watching it about 15 years ago. Never regretted that decision.

A and B are correct.

Yes, but not only because of that. You can't decide what to do with the balk until you know the results of the play. The play includes CI. You can't decide what to do with CI until you know the results of the play. So, you need to resolve the play from the inside out (or LIFO). OP: The play was a ground out. The conditions for ignoring CI are not met. Enforce (temporarily) CI: BR at first, R2 stays at second. Now, the conditions for the balk have not been met -- so enforce the balk. R2 to third. Different Play; BR singles and R2 advances. The conditions for ignoring CI have been met. The conditions for ignoring the balk have been met. The play stands. Suppose in the OP that speedy R2 advanced all the way to home. Under CI, the coach might (probably would) take the results of the play. But, that still doesn't meet the criteria for ignoring the balk (ball in play, BR does not advance to first). So, we have to enforce the balk. The defense screws up twice and benefits from the results. That's baseball.

Where do you get that?

IMO, that line should be stricken from the instructions to umpires -- it gets taken way too literally. Pivot inside. Maybe stop a step or two shorter -- or even in the 1b-2b baseline --than usual to be set for the play at first. You'll have plenty of time to find the ball again -- you'll only be missing it for the fraction of a second it takes to swing your head around, and PU will be watching it.

Normally on a ground ball in the infield (with R1 and R2), we move toward the working area behind the mound to get ready for the double-play drift. So, it's hard to reverse course and get an angle on a tag. And, no matter where you are, at some point R2 is going to cross between you and F5/6 -- and murphy makes sure that's exactly when the tag attempt will happen and that it will not be an obvious tag or miss. It's all part of the downfalls of using two umpires. Now that you've seen it, though, you will be more ready (and less locked in) to read the tag and try to take a step or two to open up the angle -- or not be so quick to move toward the working area, given that F5 had to dive for the ball. (Or not to step toward F5 -- I'm not sure why you did that).