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Retouching Multiple Bases on a Fly Out

Chris Bordage from Moncton NB Canada asks:

A runner runs from 1st and both touches and passes 2nd after the batter hits a long fly ball. The fly ball is caught. Does the runner have to ta... Read More

Mercy Rules?

D from Missouri asks:

True or false: A game shall be declared over if after five a team is ahead by 10 or more runs or if after 4 innings a team is up by 15 or more runs?

Thi... Read More

Dead Before the Plate?

Jim from Michigan asks:

A pitch is in the dirt and the batter offers but holds up his swing. It is a called strike but the batter says it was a dead ball before it got to plate. What's th... Read More

Deflecting A Ball Foul

Murray from Collingwood, Ontario asks:

If the batter pops the ball straight up to the catcher and the catchers feet are in fair play and the catcher hits the ball foul is it foul or fair?... Read More