Do You Know Your Baseball Rules?
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Take this quiz to see how well YOU know baseball!
- 1.If a batter refuses to take his position in the batter's box during his time at bat, what will happen?
- A.
The ball is live and runners may advance.
- B.
The umpire may call a strike.
- C.
The batter may be called out by the umpire.
- D.
The batter may be fined.
- 2.If a fielder, in order to make a catch on a foul ball nearing a dugout, makes a legal catch and then falls into the dugout, which of the following is correct?
- A.
The ball is dead.
- B.
The ball is still in play.
- C.
The batter is out.
- D.
The runners may advance.
- 3.When an improper batter becomes a runner or is put out, and a pitch is made to the next batter of either team before an appeal is made, what happens?
- A.
The proper batter is called out.
- B.
If the team scores, the run is legal.
- C.
The improper batter becomes the proper batter.
- D.
The next batter is the batter whose name follows that of the improper battter.
- 4.In which of the following cases is the batter out for illegal action?
- A.
The third strike is legally caught by the catcher.
- B.
He bunts foul on the third strike.
- C.
An infield fly is declared.
- D.
He hits a ball with one or both feet on the ground entirely ouside the batter's box.
- 5.From the windup position, a pitcher may not:
- A.
Deliver the ball to the batter
- B.
Step and throw to a base in an attempt to pick-off a runner
- C.
Go into a set or stretch position
- D.
Disengage the rubber and drop his hand to his side
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