If there are 2 strikes and there is a very wild pitch not near the plate,can you swing at it and run to first?
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Yes, according to official major league rules, the ball is live and the batter can attempt to advance to first. Interestingly enough, Japanese rules do not allow this.
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After any out with no one on base, the infielders throw the ball around. On a strikeout, the catcher has the ball, so he throws to the third baseman. On a ground out, the first baseman throws to another infielder before the ball goes to the pitcher. They don't do this with men on base, because the runners could advance on a bad throw or they could just steal.
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I am a fast pitch pitcher in high school. Yes it is possible to pitch another no hitter. Last year I threw two perfect games. The most important thing to do is to make sure you mechanics are correct. If you throw correctly you can throw 3 games in a day and only be a little sore the next day. The main thing is to throw using your legs to generate the power. Your arm should never get tired. Only your legs should. The windmill motion is very easy on the body. To strengthen your legs I suggest running and doing squats and other various weight lifting. To improve your speed of the pitch work on foot speed. I like to do plyometrics to accomplish this. Don't over do the strengthen of the arm and shoulder muscles. You want to keep your muscles loose. Like my pitching coach always says loose muscles are fast muscles. I would work on grip strength by squeezing a tennis ball. Also strength the forearm, but make sure you stretch it out when your done. A good way to pick up stamina is to use a weighted ball. You don't have to go out and buy one. An easy way to make one is to put 1/4 finishing nails into the seams. 32 nails is about one ounce. You can add about one ounce to two. But I suggest starting light and working up to the heavier one. If you throw twenty with the weighted ball at the end of your workout your stamina will rise tremendously. Start with about twenty and work up to about forty then add more weight to the ball and start at twenty again. Keep pitching and good luck!
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If the score is close hold the runner on.\nIf the game is a wipeout, play behind the runner\nIf the runner is fast, hold him on.\nIf the runner is slow, play behind the runner\nIf the batter is lefthanded and the first baseman is holding a running on be sure the 2nd baseman can slide over to take some of the whole through the infield.
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in order for them to be out, they have to make contact with the ball.  it would just be a strike or a ball (depending on where the pitch is thrown)
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FYI - Stealing first (from second) is against the rules.  But that wasn't always the case.  I believe it was a game in the 30's where this rule came about.\n\nDetroit had runners on the corners and the double steal on.  The runner on first took off, but the catcher didn't make a throw and awarded second unchallenged.  Obviously the runner on third stayed put.  On the very next pitch the runner on second broke for FIRST BASE.  The catcher didn't know what to do, threw to second base, the second baseman tagged the bag, the runner on third ran home, the second baseman ran over to first and tagged the runner, and everyone scratched their heads to figure out what just happened.  \n\nUntil that moment there was no rule against going backward for no good reason.  As long as you don't cross paths with the runner behind you, it's not against the rules.  Also there is precendence for tagging one base and then running backward, like what you would do in the event of a fly ball caught on the fly after you already made it to the next base.  \n\nThe umpire on the spot made the ruling.  The runner on first was ruled out because he was tagged while standing on a base he wasn't allowed to occupy.  The runner on third was awarded home because no one tagged him.  The next day MLB rule book made a rule supporting the umpires actions.  After that day in the 30's it is against the rules to steal first base.  Any base, once tagged, cannot be returned to again if the runner has been awarded the next base in sequence.  \n\nThis covers fly balls since the runner is not awarded the next base until the ball hits the ground.\n\nSo going back from second wouldn't count anyway.
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there are 27 outs in a game so conventionally it's 27, however, if on strike three the batter swings and misses and the ball gets passed the catcher, he can run to first and be safe although it still counts as a strikeout, there really is no set possibility.
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It is 0, the runner must make it to first base safely without any other outs recorded to have any of the runs coun, very nice question, and the guy a few questions up read it wrong, two outs stop all preceding runs\n\n7.12 Unless two are out, the status of a following runner is not affected by a preceding runner's failure to touch or retouch a base. If, upon appeal, the preceding runner is the third out, no runners following him shall score. If such third out is the result of a force play, neither preceding nor following runners shall score.
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With 2 outs, yes.  With one or no outs, the batter can't run to first if first is occupied.  If he could, catchers would drop the ball on purpose and get an easy double play.
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on my team it better be the pitcher. Second baseman is on second, catcher is at home. Firstbaseman covers first in case ball is caught and runner could be doubled up.
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This happens when the baseball player has the option of getting the out in multiple places.  For example, a ball is hit to the short stop and there was a man on first.  In this case, the short stop could throw the ball to second or first base and get the out.
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Stupid Umpire!\n\n\nYes it is legal in a way. The strike zone is based on the relation of the ball's position to the batter while over the plate, that doesn't vary, but, if the umpire can't get a good look at it the judgement is gonna be clouded a bit. \n\nNow, some pitches are so borderline close so that all aspects of it are taken into account when calling balls or strikes. That means, if the catcher sets up on the outside corner, and the pitch is VERY close to the outside corner, and the catcher nabs it without flinching, or moving the glove at all, we got a strike! If that some pitch were to come in, and the catcher flat missed it and it was called a strike, the only one in the park who would believe it would be the umpire! Usually when a catcher misse a pitch that was "borderline" and it is called a strike, the ensuing comments will be 'but the catcher couldn't evn handle it". \n\nThis umpire may have been trying to tell your son that he didn't want to get hit. None of us want to get hit, but 9 year olds? I worked a 9U tourney this weekend and got hit a few times, never told the catcher he had better start catching those. If he was missing a lot of them, I might tell his coach he nedds to get me some help back there. I worked a HS playoff game the monday following the tourney, and ws hit square in the arm with an 85 mph fast ball that did come off the dirt, but the catcher never laid a glove on it. I did (jokingly of course) threaten to boot that kid out into centerfield! He apologized for missing it, but that does happen.\n\nBottom line is it sounds as if the umpire in this game ought not to be calling 9U ball! Tell your son to keep trying, and work on the catch. Don't let the umpire scare him off. \n\nCatchers are my favorite players! they are my first line of protection from the 80+ mph missiles being thrown at me!
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Practice on swinging, but don't hit the ball.  Practice sliding into bases and stealing bases and sprinting.
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yes u also get a rbi if u get hit by a pitch
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Straight outta the MLB rule book:  \n\nWILD PITCHES_PASSED BALLS \n10.15\n(a) A wild pitch shall be charged when a legally delivered ball is so high, or so wide, or so low that the catcher does not stop and control the ball by ordinary effort, thereby permitting a runner or runners to advance. (1) A wild pitch shall be charged when a legally delivered ball touches the ground before reaching home plate and is not handled by the catcher, permitting a runner or runners to advance. (b) A catcher shall be charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or to control a legally pitched ball which should have been held or controlled with ordinary effort, thereby permitting a runner or runners to advance.
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you hit a ball with a bat and run
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No punishment... pitcher can put the ball anywhere he wants, at any time. Starting to intentionally walk a batter, and then deciding to pitch to him makes no sense since you would be down in the count... now, maybe start pitching to the guy, get to an 2-0 count, you could decide to throw the next intentional balls to walk him. But there is no punishment.