little league softball girls 7-8

QuestionHi Dr Ambrose,   Im hoping you can tell if this is correct or not, I have my doubts but not the knowledge of the sport to argue my side.

Slo-Pitch Softball - Orange Base

QuestionBatter hits ground ball to third baseman and runs to first.  (1) The ball goes through the third baseman into left field.  The runner tou

slap hitting.

Questionwhen a batter is slap hitting dont they have to kinda break or roll there wrists so you can tell if it is a bunt attempt or a slap attempt.  w

can a batter run

Questionthe batter has three balls and two strikes,the next pitch is a one bouncer to the catcher and is fielded cleanly by the catcher,but the batter swun

Stealing second after a walk U12 Softball

QuestionI am trying to interpret the stealing 2nd after a walk rule with a runner on third.  If the ball is in the pitchers glove in the circle when t

Fastpitch DP/Flex rule

QuestionQUESTION: Good Afternoon.   Im struggling with a lineup that will allow me to keep two of my best hitters in the batting order.  Both hit

obstructing runner

Question14U rec league.  Short stop missed two earleir opoortunites to field and throw for an out.  So now there are runners ofn first and second

walkers going straight to second

Questiontheres a runner on third,and the batter just walked and has intentions on going straight to second base.the catcher gets the ball back to the pitch

Plays made at first base.

QuestionI was wondering about the issue of the tie going to the runner for a play at first base. I was taught that the runner has to beat the throw out in

define fly ball

QuestionQUESTION: High school game, bases loaded no outs.  Batter hits catchable line drive to SS who drops ball, no IFR called by umps so SS throws b

Rules for NFHS

QuestionIn a case where a runner leaves early when an illegal pitch is also thrown, which rule takes precedence? Answer Hi Janice, I am not an expert on

Girls Fast-pitch Softball

QuestionHow do you train umpires to ensure a somewhat consistent calling of balls and strikes? I am observing too many games being impacted by the inconsis

dropped ball on ball 4

QuestionThere is a lot of talk about rounding first on ball 4 - what if the catcher drops the ball or it is a passed ball on ball four, can the b-r still

High School Girls Softball

QuestionIs a boy eligible to play on a girls high school softball team in Ohio and, if so, under what circumstances? AnswerIts call Girls Softball, right?

slap bunting

Questionwe wer in a tournament this past Saturday and the batter slab bunted, stepping as she hit and came outof the batters box, we challenged it with the

dp/flex players

QuestionI was reading one of the past questions from 4/16/09. He was asking about using the DP/flex player. He had 10 people in his line up. He asked how h

10 team double elimination bracket

Questionhow many bye are in this bracket and who gets them AnswerHi Nancy, Actually there are 2 play-in games w/ 4 teams playing to get 2 into the next r

Line up vs roster

QuestionHello Dr.    I watched a high school varsity game the other night and one team seemed to have a limitless supply of substitutes en

Batter/Runner out or safe and is ball dead

QuestionHS Girls fast pitch softball Sutuation: Batter hits a ball to the third base player and runs in fair terratory to first base obstructing the firstb

distance to pitchers mound

Questionwhat is the distance from home plate to the pitchers mound in asa mens church league Answerhi shorty,   50 mark shorty Just wondered why a