2023 LHSAA Baseball Rules Study Questions for New Umpires and Answers Complete

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2023 LHSAA Baseball Rules Study Questions for New Umpires and Answers Complete During the pregame conference, head coaches of Team A and Team B hand in their lineup cards to the umpire-in-chief. Te... am A's starting players as well as all eligible substitutes are listed on the lineup card properly, but Team B's lineup card lists only starting players. During the first inning, Team B wishes to pinch hit with a substitute player who is not listed on the lineup card. RULING: Team B may not substitute a player who was not listed on the lineup card. -✔✔ False Team A's JV team has returned to join the varsity team during the sixth inning of the varsity game. A member of Team A's JV team attempts to enter the game as a pinch runner, but Team B's coach notices that Team A's JV player was not listed on the starting lineup card and argues he should not be allowed to enter the game. RULING: There is no penalty if the names are not listed on the lineup card. However, it is suggested that all players who might possibly enter the game be listed with their proper names and shirt numbers. -✔✔ True Team A's head coach in the third inning wants to substitute a player who is not on the original lineup card. RULING: The plate umpire will not allow the substitution. -✔✔ False F4, Brown, listed in the batting order as wearing uniform No. 4, is wearing No. 21. After reaching base in the third inning, defensive coach appeals to the umpire that Brown is batting out of order. RULING: While Brown is in technical violation of the rule that requires that player's name, shirt number and position be on the lineup card, there is no penalty, since the batting-out-of-order rule requires only that the name be in the proper order. If the number was correct but the player batting was not Brown, the batting-out-of-order penalty would be imposed. Listing of both numbers and positions provides easier recordkeeping for scorekeepers and umpires. -✔✔ True F3 has one foot in foul territory when he receives a pickoff throw from the pitcher. RULING: Illegal. -✔✔ False Team A has constructed a new baseball field that has sports/field turf for the playing surface. The lines of the new field are "marked" in the school's official colors: black and red. RULING: This is legal since these lines are permanent. -✔✔ True Team A has small dugouts at its baseball field. In an effort to accommodate the teams, Team A uses chalk to draw temporary lines which extend parallel with the foul line and toward the outfield. RULING: This is illegal. -✔✔ False Team A increases the size of the dugouts at its field by installing permanent railings or walls in front of each dugout. The new structures are closer to the foul lines and home plate. RULING: This is legal. The rule does not pertain to permanent structures. -✔✔ True Team A extends its dugout parallel to the foul line and toward the outfield but does not do the same for the visitor's dugout. RULING: This is illegal. The expansion of the dugout must be equally applied. If Team A is unable to extend the visitor's dugout, it cannot extend its own. -✔✔ True In constructing new dugouts, the home team extends both facilities equal distance down both foul lines toward the outfield. RULING: This is appropriate. -✔✔ True The home team's coach purchases a commercially manufactured pitcher's mound pad for his field. The visiting team's coach protests the game because his pitchers are not accustomed to pitching on the artificial surface. RULING: The mound is legal if it meets the specifications under Rule 1-2-7. The protest would be invalid. -✔✔ True During the game, a photographer positions himself in foul territory beyond first base to take pictures. The umpire tells him he must return to dead-ball territory. The photographer says that he would prefer that the umpire designate an area in live-ball territory for him to shoot. RULING: If an area has not been established for the media prior to the game, then the plate umpire shall designate one. -✔✔ False During the game a thrown or batted ball touches or lands in an occupied designated media area. RULING: In the ball is dead immediately. A designated media area is a dead-ball area, even though it may not be occupied. -✔✔ True During the game a thrown ball passes through the designated media area in flight. RULING: The ball is dead immediately. -✔✔ False During the game a fielder outside the designated media area reaches over the plane of the designated media area to catch an overthrow or foul fly ball. RULING: A fielder may reach into the designated media area or "break the plane" of the designated media area to field a ball, provided the ball has not touched the designated media area or anything inside the designated media area. -✔✔ True Prior to the game, coach of Team B notices that the pitching mound is not regulation. At the end of the second inning with Team A leading 4-0, he informs the umpire that he is protesting the game because of those deficiencies. RULING: The umpire informs the coach that a protest for such reasons will not be considered once the game has started. -✔✔ True In the third inning, the batter comes to the plate with a wood bat that has no certification mark. RULING: The wood bat, provided it is no thicker in diameter than 2¾ inches or longer than 36 inches in length, is legal and is not required to be BBCOR-certified. -✔✔ True In the second inning, the batter comes to the plate with a non-wood bat with a visible certification mark. RULING: All non-wood bats shall meet the BBCOR standard and shall be labeled with a completely visible silkscreen or permanent certification mark. Accordingly, the bat in is legal if the BBCOR certification is completely visible. -✔✔ True In the top half of the fifth inning, a player enters the batter's box with a bat that has manufactured holes or ridges in the taper of the bat. RULING: Illegal. -✔✔ False During the game, B1 enters the batter's box with a wood composite bat without the BBCOR certification mark, or a bat made of a grass, such as bamboo. The umpire-in-chief questions the coach. It is the coach's opinion that since the bats are partially made of wood, the bats are not subject to the BBCOR standard and do not require the BBCOR certification mark. RULING: The coach is incorrect. A bat is either a solid piece of wood or non-wood. Any bat that is not a solid piece of wood is considered a non-wood bat and is subject to the BBCOR requirements. The bat is illegal, BI is out and the penalties of 4-1-3b are applied to the head coach. -✔✔ True The batter enters the box with a non-wood bat that has the BESR certification mark and appeared on the 2011 approved bat list, but does not have a BBCOR certification mark, RULING: The bat is legal for play. -✔✔ False The batter enters the box with a non-wood bat that has a BBCOR certification mark. RULING: The bat is legal for play. -✔✔ True A batter enters the box with a non-wood bat that has a post-production sticker labeling it as BBCOR certified. RULING: The bat is illegal since BBCOR post-production labels, stickers or decals are not allowed. The batter is out and the penalties of 4-1-3b are applied to the head coach. -✔✔ True A batter enters batting box with an illegal bat in the first inning. The umpire detects the illegal bat. In the third inning, another player from the same team enters the box with an illegal bat and it is detected. In the fifth inning, a third player from the same team enters the box with an illegal bat and it is detected. RULING: For the offense in the first inning, the batter is out (7-4-1a) and the head coach is restricted to the dugout. For the offense in the third inning, the batter is out (7-4-1a) and the head coach is ejected. For the offense in the fifth inning, the batter is out (7-4-1a) and the person who is now acting as head coach is ejected. -✔✔ True Team A is using a donut on a legal bat as a warmup device for on-deck batters. The umpire notices the donut fly off the barrel of the bat. The inside layer of the donut may have chipped away, making the device unsafe and illegal. Many devices that attach to bats are legal when new but may become non-compliant due to excessive wear or damage. RULING: The device shall be declared illegal in its present state. -✔✔ True With a runner on first base and one out, the batter enters the batter's box with a non-wood bat that is 2¾" in diameter. RULING: The bat is legal. -✔✔ False [Show More]

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