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A summary of these rules is on the baseball page. Baseball Wiki Explore. Top Content. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Simplified rules. History Talk 0. There are four basic tools of baseball: the bat, the ball, the mitt, and the field. The bat is an offensive tool, either made of wood or aluminum depending on the game being played. It is a long, hard stick, about 2 inches 5 centimeters in diameter, except at the handle, which is about 1-inch 2.

The ball is white for baseball though other colors can be used with red lacing about the size of a fist. Softball uses a white or yellow ball usually with white lacing about the size of two fists. The glove or mitt is a defensive tool, made of leather, worn on the players hand to aide in catching the ball. It takes various shapes to meet the uniques needs of the defensive position of the player. The game is played on a field, whose dimensions vary depending on the age of the players.

However, every field has a diamond, with bases at its corners, that the offensive players circumnavigate, as mentioned above. Pitcher is now permitted to move around inside this box.

The batter is given the privilege of calling for a low or high pitch. Home plate was placed in the angle formed by the intersection of the first and third base lines.

The hitter was exempted from a time at bat if he walked. The number of "called balls" became 9 and all balls were either strikes, balls or fouls.

The pitcher had to face a batsman before pitching to him. A staff of umpires was first introduced. The catcher had to catch the pitch on the fly in order to register an out on a third strike. Six "called balls" became a base on balls. Championships were to be decided on a percentage basis. Home base could be made of marble or whitened rubber.

Chest protectors worn by catchers and umpires came into use. Calling for high and low pitches was abolished. Five balls became a base on balls. Four "called strikes" were adopted for this season only. Bases on balls were recorded as hits for this season only. The batter was awarded first base when hit by a pitch. Home plate was to be made of rubber only - dropping the marble type and was to be 12 inches square.

Coaches were recognized by the rules for the first time ever. The base on balls exemption from a time at bat was restored. A batsman was credited with a base hit when a runner was hit by his batted ball. A sacrifice bunt was statistically recognized.

Large padded mitts were allowed for catchers. The pitching box was eliminated and a rubber slab 12 inches by 4 inches was substituted. The pitcher was required to place his rear foot against the slab. The rule exempting a batter from a time at bat on a sacrifice was instituted. The rule allowing a flat side to a bat was rescinded and the requirement that the bat be round and wholly of hard wood was substituted. If the baserunner fails to tag up on a fly ball, the fielder who caught the ball is allowed to throw the ball to that base to retire the baserunner via a force out.

To see a great example of how a player needs to tag up on a fly ball, check out the video below of a sacrifice fly ball. There are a lot of ways the defense can record an out, but the force out is probably the most common type of out. What is a force out in baseball?

A force out in baseball is when a player must advance to the next base during a fair ball, but the defense can record an out by simply stepping on the base the runner must advance to. When the defense has control of the ball and touches the base before the runner, a force out play has been made. Because a batter has to run to first base, there is always a force out at first base after the batter hits a fair ball.

The force-out rule benefits the defense because it is easier to touch the base than it is to touch the baserunner while maintaining control of the baseball. Another example of the force out rule would be when there are runners on first and second base. When the batter hits a fair ball on the ground, that batter is forced to run to first base.

Because the batter is forced to run to first base, the baserunner who was on first must run towards second base, which forces the runner on second base to run towards third base. That means in this scenario, there would be a potential for the defense to get a force out at first, second or third base because those are the bases these runners are forced to advance towards.

To see an example of how the defense utilizes the force out rule to get a double play, check out the video below. A tag out in baseball occurs when a baserunner advances to the next base and is tagged out by the defense before reaching the next base. Tag outs usually occur when there is no force out to be made at the base.

When a baserunner is advancing to the next base, but there is no other baserunner behind them that is forcing them to run, the defense must tag the baserunner before that baserunner gets to that base. If the defense successfully touches the baserunner while maintaining control of the baseball, the rule is that the baserunner is out by a tag.



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