The answer to this one will vary depending on which sanctioning body's rules you're using. Many allow any glove or mitt at any position, some do not.
As always...consult your rule book!
A format idea that I've floated for a few years, but have never really seen take off anywhere:
Adjust the time limit to, say, one hour. When the hour expires, you finish the inning. Then, you play one more inning.
This totally eliminates the game-ending clock jockeying, because either speeding...
The definition of a force out is when a runner is forced to advance due to the batter becoming a batter-runner. That's exactly what happened here.
The runner on third was forced to advance. When a runner is forced, the base that they're being forced from no longer offers any protection from...
My experience has been that calling an illegal pitch almost always puts an end to further illegal pitches.
My other experience is that when you call one, a coach is most likely going to go crazy and scream, "She's never been called for that before!".
Had an unusual experience last weekend...
Hey, it happens. In the typical game there are 200 pitches thrown and you just might forget to click off one of them, especially if a lot of other stuff happens to be going on (and there is always a lot of other stuff going on!).
If you make a mistake, try to correct it as best as you can. But...
Same for FED, with respect to the number of conferences, etc.
Different for NCAA!
As far as pitcher's returning to pitch, in FED they can once per inning. For USA there is no limit.
Probably some crying coach who got burned by the old rule and didn't think it was "fair" to count outs made with an improper batter at the plate.
The NCAA rule committee is coach driven (after all, they're the experts, it's their game, and they know what's best for it) and there is a long list...
Thanks. I tried every combination for posting that link and it just doesn't seem to want to work for me. :(
Edited to add: Your link worked for me! Strange...
For high school baseball, played under NFHS rules, they consider these to be awarded bases that all must be touched. If appealed, it's an out and in this case it's a force out. Since there were two outs, that nullifies any run scoring.
This ruling would be different for OBR/MLB rules. There...
:) Fair enough! But I don't see how someone can play defense for someone before you actually take the field and play defense.
I did a lot of digging- rule book, case book, USA website plays- and couldn't find anything that addresses this specific question. I was trying to piece together several...
For the top of the first inning only, you're bound to stick with whoever is listed as the pitcher or catcher when the line-up is first submitted and approved. Handing in your line-up, then saying that your DP (who should have no defensive position listed) will move to F1 or F2 in the next half...
First part: If the improper batter isn't appealed, then the next batter is whoever follows them in the line up. As you guessed, any interim batter's would just be skipped. They miss their turn at bat and would bat in the normal order next time trough the line up.
Second part: Most rule sets...
If this player was the DP then she wouldn't have a starting defensive position listed on the line up card. She can't be the starting catcher.
After the top of the first inning, there's no requirement that the listed F1 or F2 play any certain length of time. This is just a convention arrived at...