High School Baseball - How to Stand Out

QuestionHi, My son is currently a sophomore at a large (one of the largest in our state) high school. We are new to the area and he is new to this school.

Scorekeeping on a bunt

QuestionThe situation is less than two outs with a runner on 3rd.  The batter is asked to lay down a sacrifice bunt, and the defense fields it cleanly

perfect game question

QuestionWould a pitcher be credited with a perfect game if a fielder drops a foul ball, thus prolonging an at bat (for an error) but the pitcher retires th

Umpiring baseball mechanics

QuestionHi. I umpire baseball for high schools. I just started to get back into it after a 15 year lay off. I am 40. My question is that when I umpire be

Earned run

QuestionLead off runner gets on via an error.  Next two batters take walks to load the bases.  4th hitter hits a come backer to the pitcher to re

A broken heart

QuestionOur team is an 11-12 Travel team.  We have one player who has sat on the bench for most of the 6 games that we have played so far with maybe p

baseball rotation

QuestionI have 13 players on my 9-10 year old baseball team.  I need to rotate these players so they have equal playing time.  Batting order is p

Defense

QuestionRunners at second and third two outs.runner on second takes off and is in a rundown. Runner on third takes off for home. Third baseman has the ball

Swing speed

QuestionHow can i train my swing speed whit simple drills without to mutch tools? I got a Batting tee. Greetz Teun Answerhi teun thanks for the question

Official scoring

QuestionI remember a few years ago, Big Papi was playing first base and a ball hit hard to him broke  through the web of his glove and he was charged

Batting out of order

QuestionA team has two Ryans, #2 and #4.  The manager inadvertently lists Ryan #2 instead of Ryan #4 on the line-up card.  Ryan #2 is actually no

wind up approach

QuestionDennis, Ive been teaching my son (14) the no wind up pitching style. Where he places his pivot foot on the rubber and the free foot behind.From the

Interference penalty

QuestionRunner on second. The runner (probably accidentally) interferes with the shortstop fielding a batted ball. Interference is called on the runner by

Force Out Discrepancy Involving a Tag

QuestionWe were on defense and had bases loaded, 1 out.  I was on third, fielded a grounder to me.  The runner on third stayed put, holding his f

Teaching a 5 year old to bat

QuestionMy son is 5 years old. My husband and I signed him up for baseball thru our citys recreation department. He has no prior baseball experience, so we

Base on Ball

QuestionOn a walk if the base runner run through first base can he be tagged out by the defense AnswerYes he can be & an alert first basemen will know thi

pick offs

QuestionIn Jr. Little League,if a runner is on second base, can a right handed pitcher in process of picking him off throw to 3rd base rather than second?

throwing out runner stealing second

Questionwhen a runner takes off from first to steal second, who should call it out to warn catcher and second/short stop? Answerhi patti thanks for the qu

Basepath

QuestionMy son was recently playing in an 11U tournament sponsored by Triple Crown, supposedly playing by established High School baseball rules.  On

Pivot Foot in Windup

QuestionOnce your pivot foot makes contact with the rubber in the windup, does it have to remain in contact with the rubber during the whole process of del