2. A coach may never make a baserunning appeal; only players on the field may appeal. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-1; 2-1-3b1 NOT: NFHS Test 2017

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1 NFHS Rule 2 - T/F 1. An appeal is a play or rule violation that requires a ruling from the umpire immediately after it happens. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: 2-1 NOT: Federation Test A coach may never make a baserunning appeal; only players on the field may appeal. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-1; 2-1-3b1 NOT: NFHS Test Batting out of order can be a live- or dead-ball appeal. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: 2-1-2c NOT: Federation Test Any defensive fielder may make a live-ball appeal with the ball in her possession by tagging the runner or touching the base that was missed or left too early. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-3a NOT: NFHS Test When the ball goes out of play, runners must be given the opportunity to complete their baserunning responsibilities before a dead-ball appeal is made. ANS: T DIF: 18 REF: 2-1-3b(2) NOT: NFHS Test Runners are permitted to return to a missed base or a base left too soon before a dead-ball appeal can be made ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-1-3b; NOT: Federation Test Any fielder, with or without the ball, may make a dead-ball appeal by verbally stating that the runner missed the base or left too soon. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-1-3b (1) NOT: Federation Test The defense may appeal either during a live or dead ball, but it must occur before the next pitch (legal or illegal). ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-4a NOT: NFHS Test An appeal must be made on the last play of the game before all infielders leave the field. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-4c NOT: NFHS Test Only one appeal may be made on any given runner. ANS: F DIF: 13 REF: NOT: Federation Test If an appeal for the third out is honored at a base to which a runner was forced to advance, no runs can score. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test A batted ball is any pitch that comes in contact with the bat resulting in a fair or foul ball; contact must be intentional. ANS: F DIF: 13 REF: NOT: Federation Test It is a blocked ball when a live pitched, batted or thrown ball is touched, stopped or handled by a person not engaged in the game. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: Federation Test A fly ball is a batted ball that rises an appreciable height above the ground. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test A ground ball is a batted ball that is either fair or foul and bounces along the ground. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA 2012

2 16. A passed ball is a pitch the catcher fails to stop or control when she should have been able to do so with ordinary effort and allows a runner to advance. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: NOT: Federation Test A direct line between two consecutive bases is known as the base line. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A runner s path is always defined as a direct line between two bases and three feet on either side of that line. ANS: F DIF: 15 REF: note NOT: Federation Test A base runner establishes her own base path when she is not being played upon. ANS: T DIF: 18 REF: note NOT: NFHS Test An altered bat was once legal, but has been structurally changed. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-4-2a NOT: CSOA A non-approved bat is a bat that does not meet ASA specifications ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-4-2b NOT: Federation Test a non-approved bat is a bat that does not meet NCAA specifications and has been placed on the current non-approved bat list. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-4-2b NOT: CSOA The batter is the player of the team at bat who is entitled to occupy either of the two batter's boxes. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA The batter-runner is a player who has finished her time at bat until she is put out or playing action ends. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A rolling or cross-body slide into a fielder is legal provided the runner stays in the base path. ANS: F DIF: 15 REF: a NOT: Federation Test An on-deck batter may leave the circle to avoid interfering with the catcher's opportunity to make an out. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-5-3; NOT: Federation Test An on-deck batter may use either the circle nearest her own dugout or the circle nearest the opponent s dugout. ANS: F DIF: 11 REF: NOT: Federation Test The batter s box is the area, including the lines, in which the batter is positioned when batting and is 4 feet wide and 3 feet long. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-6 NOT: CSOA The batting order is the official list of starting offensive players presented in the order in which they are to bat and recorded on a line- up card. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA Batting out of order is failing to bat in prop- er sequence as listed on the official lineup card. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A bunt is a legally batted ball intentionally tapped or chopped at with the bat.

3 ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA B1 holds the bat in the strike zone as the pitch is delivered, but does not make any movement to the ball as it passes 2 inches over the bat. The umpire shall call a ball as the batter did not offer at the pitch. ANS: F DIF: 15 REF: 2-8-2; NOT: Federation test An attempted bunt is any movement of the bat toward the ball when the ball is over or near the plate. ANS: F DIF: 15 REF: NOT: Federation Test A drag bunt is attempting to bunt the ball by running forward in the batter's box, carrying the bat with her. The movement of the bat is in conjunction with the batter's forward movement. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA In establishing the validity of a catch, the fielder must only hold the ball long enough to prove she has control. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: NOT: Federation Test If the fielder has made the catch but drops the ball either in transferring it to the throwing hand or in making a throw, the ball shall be ruled caught. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A fielder who catches a ball in flight while contacting or stepping on a collapsible fence, which is completely horizontal, is credited with a catch. ANS: F DIF: 13 REF: NOT: Federation Test A legal catch cannot be made if the fielder is contacting a collapsible fence. ANS: F DIF: 14 REF: NOT: Federation Test A catch is not credited if the ball strikes anything other than a defensive player while it is in flight. ANS: T DIF: 16 REF: 2-9-5e NOT: Federation Test A thrown ball is considered trapped when it is on the ground and the glove/mitt or hand is over it, and the player does not have control. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-9-5f NOT: Federation Test A ball prevented from hitting the ground by a player's equipment or body shall be ruled caught even if it is dropped. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA When the catcher is in position to receive a pitch, she must be in the catcher's box. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA The catcher is restricted to the catcher's box area from the time the pitcher steps on the pitcher's plate until she releases the pitch. ANS: T DIF: 14 REF: NOT: Federation Test A checked swing is the restraining action taken by a batter to stop an attempted hit/slap/bunt. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-11 NOT: CSOA More than one coach can occupy the coaches box when on offense. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-13 NOT: CSOA 2012

4 46. A charged conference is when the coach or other bench/dugout personnel requests and is granted a time-out to meet with offensive or defensive personnel. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: NOT: Federation Test During the pregame conference between umpires, coaches and team captains, no balls may be hit or thrown in live-ball territory. ANS: T DIF: 14 REF: ; 4-1-2a NOT: Federation Test A team's warm-up area could legally be behind the bleachers out of the umpire's view. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: 2-15 NOT: Federation Test A crow hop is the replant of the pivot foot by the pitcher prior to delivering the pitch. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-16 NOT: Federation Test The dugout is the area reserved for team personnel and family engaged in the game. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-17 NOT: CSOA An ejection is the exercise of an umpire's authority to remove team personnel from further participation in a game. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-19 NOT: CSOA A fair fly shall be judged according to the relative position of the ball and the whether the fielder is in fair or foul territory at the time she touches the ball. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA B1 bunts the ball and drops her bat. The bat is lying stationary in fair territory and the ball rolls against it. The ball remains live. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: a; NOT: Federation Test A fair ball is a batted ball that first falls or is first touched on or over fair territory beyond first, second or third base. ANS: T DIF: 18 REF: f NOT: NFHS Test Faking a tag is always considered obstruction. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-21 NOT: NFHS Test Fair territory is that part of the playing field within but excluding the foul lines from home plate to the bottom of the home run fence (if applicable) and vertical. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA Foul territory is that part of the playing field outside the first and third base lines from home plate to the bottom of the home run fence and perpendicularly upwards. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA The field of play is the area within which the ball may be legally played and fielded. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA If a ball becomes lodged in a fence or back- stop, it is considered to be in dead-ball area. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA The pitcher and catcher are known as the battery and are not considered infielders. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA Infielders are usually the first base player, second base- player, third base player, shortstop, pitcher and catcher.

5 ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A force play is a play in which a runner loses the right to the base occupied and is forced to advance because the batter becomes the batter-runner. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: NOT: Federation Test For a given runner, a force play ends as soon as the runner touches the next base or a following runner is put out. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test If a batted ball is caught before it touches the ground there can be no force play(s). ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA If a forced runner, after touching the next base, except home, retreats for any reason towards the base she had first occupied, the force play is not reinstated. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A foul tip is a batted ball that goes sharply and directly from the bat to the catcher s mitt or hand and is legally caught by any defensive player. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test A foul ball is a batted ball that while over foul territory, a runner interferes with a defensive player attempting to field a batted ball. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: e NOT: CSOA A foul tip is a batted ball that goes sharply and directly from the bat to the catcher's mitt or hand and is legally caught by the catcher. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: Federation Test A forfeited game is a game awarded to the offending team. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA An illegally batted ball is a pitch contacted by the batter when any part of either foot is in contact with the plate at the time of con-tact with the ball. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: b NOT: CSOA An illegally batted ball is a pitch contacted by the batter when one or both feet are on the ground and entirely outside the lines ofthe batter's box at the time of bat-ball contact. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: c NOT: CSOA A ball in flight is any batted, thrown or pitched ball that has not touched the ground, an object or a person other than a player. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-28 NOT: Federation Test The infield is that portion of the field in fair territory that must be skinned and covered by the pitcher and infielders. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-29 NOT: CSOA An "infield fly" cannot be ruled if an outfielder catches the ball. ANS: F DIF: 15 REF: 2-30 NOT: Federation Test An inning is that portion of a game within which the teams alternate on offense and defense and in which there are three outs for each team. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-31 NOT: CSOA 2012

6 76. Interference is an act, physical or verbal, by a member of the offensive team that illegally impeded, hinders or confuses any fielder. ANS: T DIF: 16 REF: NOT: Federation Test It is interference when a runner slides into the glove of a fielder and knocks the ball out of the glove. ANS: F DIF: 14 REF: ; ; d NOT: Federation Test A leap is when both feet of the pitcher are airborne prior to delivering the pitch. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-33 NOT: NFHS Test A line drive is a batted ball which travels parallel or near to the ground through most of its flight. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-34 NOT: CSOA Malicious contact is an act that involves excessive force with an opponent. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-35 NOT: CSOA Obstruction is called on F2 when she is about to receive the ball while blocking home plate, and comes in contact with the runner sliding into home. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-36; 8-4-3b NOT: NFHS Test It is not obstruction if an errant throw pulls the 1st baseman without the ball into the path of the batter-runner and impedes her progress. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-36; 8-4-3b NOT: NFHS Test Obstruction is a defensive act that impedes the progress of a runner who is legally running the bases unless the fielder is in possession of the ball, about to receive a thrown ball or is fielding a batted ball. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: 2-36 NOT: Federation Test The on-deck circle is a circle for each team, 5 feet in diameter, located a safe distance to the side and away from home plate. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-37 NOT: CSOA The on-deck circle must be at least 30 feet away from the home plate. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: 2-37 NOT: CSOA An out is a declaration by the umpire indicating an offensive player has been retired. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A force out is a putout during which an offensive play- er who is being forced to advance is tagged out, or is put out by a fielder who holds the ball while touching the base toward which the forced runner is advancing. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA On a tag out, the ball is considered as having been held securely if it is juggled after the touching the offensive player. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA Over sliding is an act of an offensive player, who after advancing to a base, loses contact and goes past it. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-40 NOT: CSOA A pinch hitter is a player who is inserted into the line- up in the place of the batter. The pinch hitter will be removed from the lineup as soon as she has completed her term at bat.

7 ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A pinch runner is a player who is inserted into the lineup in the place of a base runner. The pinch runner will stay in the lineup until she is replaced by the player for whom she ran or another substitute. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A quick pitch is a pitch delivered that catches the batter off balance or otherwise unprepared to bat. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A pitcher is in the 16-foot circle when both feet are within or partially within the line. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-45 NOT: Federation Test The pitcher s pivot foot is that foot with which the pitcher steps toward home plate. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: 2-46 NOT: Federation Test Play Ball is the directive given by the umpire when it is time for the game to begin or to be resumed after having been suspended when "time" was granted. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA Making a play is any action by a fielder who is attempting to catch or gain control of a batted or thrown ball. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: b NOT: NFHS Test A fielder is considered to be making an initial play if the batted ground ball deflects off the pitcher. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: a NOT: Federation Test The fielder is still considered to be making an initial play if she does not gain control of a batted ground ball but is still within a "step and reach" from the spot of the initial contact. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: c NOT: NFHS Test A run is scored when an offensive player legally advances to and touches home plate. ANS: T DIF: 16 REF: 2-49 NOT: Federation Test A retired runner is a player who has scored, or who has been put out and who is in dead-ball territory. ANS: F DIF: 14 REF: NOT: Federation Test A slap hit is a batted ball that has been struck with a short, chopping motion rather than with a full swing. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A slide is illegal if the runner s raised leg is higher than the fielder s knee when the fielder is in a standing position. ANS: F DIF: 14 REF: b NOT: Federation Test A legal slide can only be feet first. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: NOT: CSOA A squeeze play is a play in which a runner advances toward home plate from third, following the release of the pitched ball, and during which the batter bunts or attempts to bunt to score the runner.

8 ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-53 NOT: CSOA A stolen base is the advance of a runner to the next base without the aid of a base hit, a putout, a fielding error, a passed ball or a wild pitch. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-55 NOT: CSOA The strike zone is the space over any part of home plate that is between the batter's highest shoulder and the knees when the batter assumes a natural batting stance. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: NOT: Federation Test To be considered a strike, the entire circumference of the ball must pass through the strike zone in flight. ANS: F DIF: 13 REF: NOT: Federation Test A strike may be called by the umpire for specific actions by the batter or the offense. ANS: T DIF: 14 REF: NOT: Federation Test An illegal substitute is a player who is in the game but has entered without reporting. ANS: F DIF: 16 REF: NOT: Federation Test A substitute is any player who enters or re-enters the game. ANS: T DIF: 16 REF: NOT: Federation Test Team members are players listed on the team roster and lineup as submitted to the umpire at the pre-game meeting. ANS: T DIF: 15 REF: 2-58 NOT: Federation Test At the pregame meeting, the head coach must list all team members on the team's roster. ANS: T DIF: 18 REF: 2-58 NOT: NFHS Test The 3-foot running lane is a space defined by a line drawn 3 feet from and parallel to the firstbase foul line starting halfway between home and first base and extending to first base in foul territory. ANS: T DIF: 13 REF: 2-58 NOT: Federation Test Team personnel consist of all school representatives located in the team dugout/bench area, including but not limited to coaches, managers, certified athletic trainers, scorekeepers and spouses. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-59 NOT: NFHS Test The time at bat is the period beginning when a batter first enters the batter's box and continues until she is put out or becomes a batter-runner. ANS: T DIF: 12 REF: 2-60 NOT: CSOA The 3-foot running lane is a space defined by a line drawn 3 feet from and parallel to the firstbase foul line starting halfway between home and first base and extending to first base in foul territory. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-60 NOT: NFHS Test A timing play occurs when the last out of an inning is not the result of a force out and the exact time of the out may or may not allow a run to score. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: 2-63 NOT: NFHS Test 2017

9 118. An intentional base on balls may be requested by the defensive coach or catcher to award the batter first base without any pitches being thrown. ANS: F DIF: 12 REF: ; 8-1-1c NOT: Federation Test The umpire rules a catch and the batter is out if the Left fielder catches a fly ball and while attempting to run the ball in to the infield it pops out of the glove. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test The umpire rules a catch and the batter is out if the Left fielder catches a fly ball and while attempting to throw to second base it drops out of the player's hand. ANS: T DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test The umpire rules a catch and the batter is out if the left fielder catches a fly ball in the tip of the glove and it immediately pops out and lands on the ground. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: NOT: NFHS Test A runner may return to touch a missed base when she has reached a base beyond the base missed and the ball is dead. ANS: F DIF: 17 REF: 2-1-6a NOT: NFHS Test 2017