“A FOUL BALL is a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or over ...
If a player catches a foul ball, other than a foul tip, the batter is out, but the runners may tag up and try to advance, just as they may when a fielder catches a ball in fair territory. A foul tip, however, is not treated as a ball caught in foul territory, but is treated ...
to field: To catch or retrieve the ball in play. foul pole: A pole marking the boundary between fair and foul territory. foul line: The line that separates fair territory from foul territory. warning track: A strip of dirt or turf before the b...
the batter is out. If a pitcher throws four balls (pitches out of the strike zone in which the batter does not swing), the batter is awarded first base. A foul ball (hit outside the boundaries of the field) is counted as a strike against...
YearChanges Made To Official Knickerbocker Rules 1857The game used to end after the inning in which a team reached 21 runs. Now it is a 9-inning contest and the higher scoring team wins. No base can be made on a foul ball. 1858Called strikes are introduced. ...
counting the first two foul balls as strikes (adopted by the National League in 1901 and American League in 1903), the increased use of thespitball(in which moisture is applied to the surface of a ball to affect its flight), the appearance of a cadre of bigger and stronger pitchers, and...
Baseball owed much of its origin to cricket, and one of the game's first codified sets of rules -- the Knickerbocker rules, drafted in 1845 for New York's Knickerbocker baseball club --speak to those roots: "The ball must be pitched, not thrown, for the bat." "Pitched", in the tra...
foul ball: A ball that is hit outside the fair play area. safe: When a runner successfully reaches a base without being tagged out. to play: To engage in the activity of baseball. to throw: To propel the baseball through the air using the arm. ...
fair ball- (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field foul ball- (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of ...
棒球规则Rules棒球规则RULESrules棒球的规则 系统标签: 棒球rules规则basepitcherinches OFFICIALBASEBALLRULES DIVISIONSOFTHECODE 1.00ObjectivesoftheGame,thePlayingField,Equipment. 2.00DefinitionofTerms. 3.00GamePreliminaries. 4.00StartingandEndingtheGame. 5.00PuttingtheBallinPlay,DeadBallandLiveBall(inPlay). 6.00The...