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Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 1 i-iTheiField:i Articlei 2 - bi-iHomeiPlateiDistancei-iCorrectiAnswer- 43 iFeetifromirearitipiofihomeiplateitoifrontiedgeiofipitcher'siplate. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 1 i-iTheiField: Articlei 8 i-iLinesi-iCorrectiAnswer-Allilinesionitheifieldishallibeiwhite Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 1 i-iTheiField:i Articlei 9 i-inoniregulationifacilityi-iCorrectiAnswer- Onceiaigameihasistarted,iifipitchingidistance,ibaseidistanceioribatter'sib oxesiareiincorrect,itheicorrectionishallibeimadeiimmediately. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 2 i-iBases,Plates Articlei 1 i-ibaseicolori-iCorrectiAnswer- First,isecond,iandithirdishallibeiwhite.iNOTE:ibyistateiassociationiadopti on,iaidoubleifirstibaseiisipermitted.iTheibaseiinifouliterritoryishallibeiaico loriotherithaniwhite. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 2 i-iBases,Plates

Articlei 3 i-iPitcher'siplatei-iCorrectiAnswer- Shallibei 24 iinchesibyi 6 iinches.iFrontiedgeiShallibei 43 ifeetifromitheiapexio fihomeiplate. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 3 i-iSoftballs Articlei 8 i-iAuthenticationi-iCorrectiAnswer- TheiNFHSiauthenticatingimarkishallibeionieachiball. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 4 i-iGloves/Mitts Articlei 2 i-icatcher'simitti-iCorrectiAnswer- Theicatcherishalliweariaigloveiorimittiofianyisize Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 5 i-iBats Articlei 1 i-ici-itheibatishall...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Beifreeiofirattles,idents,iburrs,icracksiandisharpiedges. Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 5 i-iBats Articlei 1 i-idi-itheibatishall...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Mustibearieitherithei 2000 iori 2004 icertificationimarki(ASAicertificationim ark) Rulei1:iFieldi&iEquipment.iSectioni 5 i-iBats Articlei 2 i-iai-itheibatishalliconsistiofitheifollowingicomponents...knobi- iCorrectiAnswer-

Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 1 i-iAppeals Articlei 1 i-iCorrectiAnswer- Aiplayioriruleiviolationioniwhichitheiumpireidoesinotimakeiairulingiuntilir equestedibyiaicoachioriplayer. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 1 i-iAppeals Articlei 2 i-iTypesiofiappealsi-iCorrectiAnswer- 4 itypes.i 1)iMissingiaibase,ieitheriadvancingiorireturningi(liveiorideadiballiappeal) 2)iLeavingiaibaseioniaicaughtiflyiballibeforeitheiballiisifirstitouchedi(liveio rideadiballiappeal) 3)iBattingioutiofiorderi(deadiballiappealionly) 4)iAttemptingitoiadvanceitoisecondibaseiafterimakingitheiturniatifirstiba seioverrunningifirstibasei(liveiballiappealionly) Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 1 i-iAppeals Articlei 3 i-imethodsioniwhichianiappealicanibeimade,i-ib,ideadiballi- iCorrectiAnswer- Onceiallirunnersihaveicompleteditheiriadvancementianditimeihasibeenic alled,itheicoachiorianyidefensiveiplayer,iwithioriwithoutitheiball,imayim akeiaiverbaliappealioniairunnerimissingiaibaseiorileavingiaibaseitooisooni oniaicaughtiflyiball.iTheiadministeringiumpireishouldithenimakeiaidecisi onionitheiplay. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 1 i-iAppeals

Articlei 4 i-iwheniappealsicanibeimade.iNoteiaboutilastiplayi- iCorrectiAnswer- Ifianyisituationiarisesiwhichicouldileaditoianiappealibyitheidefenseionith eilastiplayiofitheigame,iumpiresishouldinotileaveitheifieldiuntilialliinfield ersihaveileftifairiterritoryianditheicatcherihasivacatediherinormalifieldin giposition.iIfiteamsilineiupitoishakeihands,ithereiisilittleichanceiofianiapp ealieveniifitheidefensiveiinfieldersihaveinoticrosseditheifoulilineiandium piresicanileaveitheifieldiatithisipoint.iNoiappealicanibeimadeionceitheium piresihaveileftitheifield. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 3 i-iBaseline/Path Articlei 2 i-iBaseiPathi-iCorrectiAnswer- Note:iAirunneriestablishesiheriownibaseipathiwhenisheiisinotibeingiplay ediupon. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 8 i-iBunt,iAttemptediBunt,iDragiBunt Articlei 2 i-iAttemptedibunti-iCorrectiAnswer- Anyinoniswingingimovementiofitheibatiintendeditoitapitheiballiintoiplay. iHoldingitheibatiinitheistrikeizoneiisiconsiderediaibuntiattempt.iIniorderit oitakeiaipitch,itheibatimustibeiwithdrawni- ipulledibackwardiawayifromitheiball. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 9 i-iCatch Articlei 1 i-iaicatchiis...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Theiactiofiaifielderiwho,iwithiherihand(s)iand/origlove/mittisecurelyigai nsipossessioniofiaibatted,ipitchediorithrowniball.

Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 25 i-iFouliballiFoulitip Articlei 1 i-iAifouliballiisiaibattediballithat...i-iCorrectiAnswer- D)iwhileioniorioverifouliterritoryiititouchesiititouchesitheipersoniofianiu mpire,iplayer,iorianyiobjectiforeignitoitheinaturaliground. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 30 i-iInfieldiflyirulei-iCorrectiAnswer- Aifairiflyi(notiincludingiailineidriveioriattemptediBunt)ithaticanibeicaughti byianiinfielderiwithiordinaryieffortiwhenirunnersiareionifirstiandisecondi oriallithreeibasesiareioccupiediandibeforeithereiarei 2 ioutsiinitheiinning.iA nyidefensiveiplayeripositionediinitheiinfieldiatitheitimeiofitheipitchishalli beiconsideredianiinfielderiforitheipurposesiofithisirule.iTheiruleidoesinoti precludeioutfieldersifromibeingipermitteditoimakeitheicatch.iTheiballiisil ive,itheibatteriisiout,iwhichiremovesitheiforce,ibutirunnersimayiadvancei atitheiriownirisk.iTheirunnerimayitagiupiandiadvanceiasisooniasitheibatte diballiisitouchedibyiaifielder.iIfiaideclarediinfieldiflyibecomesifoul,iitiisitre atediasiaifouliballiNOTiasianiinfieldifly. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 32 i-iInterferencei(offense) Articlei 1 i-iinterferenceiisianiact...i-iCorrectiAnswer- (PHYSICALioriVERBAL)ibyitheimemberiofitheiteamiatibatiwhoiillegallyiim pedes,ihindersioriconfusesianyifielder;ioriwheniairunnericreatesimalicio usicontactiwithianyifielderiwithioriwithoutitheiball,iiniorioutiofitheibaseli ne. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 36 i-iObstructioni(defense)i-iCorrectiAnswer- Obstructioniisitheiactiofitheidefensiveiteamimemberithatihindersioriimp

edesiaibattersiattemptitoimakeicontactiwithiaipitchediballiorithatiimped esitheiprogressiofiairunnerioribatter- runneriwhoiisilegallyirunningitheibases,iunlessitheifielderiisiinipossessio niofitheiballioriisimakingitheiinitialiplayioniaibattediball. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 47 i-iPlayiBall,iMakeiaiPlay,iInitialiPlay Articlei 3 iInitialiplayi-ici- iItiisiandiinitialiplayioniaifairibattediballiwhenisheifailsitoigainicontrol..i- iCorrectiAnswer- ...iofitheibattediballiandiisiwithiniaistepiandiaireachi(inianyidirection)iofit heispotiofioriginalicontact. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 52 i-iSlide:iLegaliandiIllegal Articlei 1 i-iLegaliSlidei-iCorrectiAnswer- Mayibeieitherifeetifirstioriheadfirst...iIfiairunnerislides,itheirunnerishallib eiwithinireachiofitheibaseiwithieitherihandioriaifootiwhenitheislideiisico mpleted. Rulei2:iDefinitionsiSectioni 65 i-iWalk,iIntentionaliWalk Articlei 2 i-iIntentionaliWalki-iCorrectiAnswer- Airequestimadeitoitheiumpireibyitheidefensiveicoach,icatcherioripitcher. ..iCanibeimadeiprioritoioriduringitheiatibat. b.iWhenianiintentionaliwalkiisiawardedibyitheiumpire,iitiisiconsideredith eisameiasithrowingiaipitch.

Sectioni 2 i-iUniforms,iPlayeriEquipment Articlei 7 i-iExposediunderigarments...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Areipartiofitheiofficialiuniform.iAlliexposediundergarmentsishallibeiaisoli d,isingleicolor:iBlack,iWhite,iGrayioriaischooliColor. Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 2 i-iUniforms,iPlayeriEquipment Articlei 7 i-iExposediunderigarments... Ci-iarmisleeves,ilegisleeves,ianditightsiareipermissiblei-iCorrectiAnswer- theyishallimeetitheicolorirestrictionsi(solid,isingleicolor:iBlack,iWhite,iGr ayioriaischoolicolor) EXCEPTION:iAnyiwristbandiwithiaiplaybook/playcardiattachedishallibeic onsiderediequipmentiandiisipermittediasilongiasiitiisiaisingle,isolidicolori andiitiisinotiopticiyellow.iItidoesinotihaveitoimatchitheicoloriofitheiupperi garment.iItishallionlyiweiwornionitheinon-pichingiarm. Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 3 i-iSubstituting Articlei 2 i- iSubstituteimayireplaceianyiplayeriwhenitheiballiisideadioritimeihasibeen icalled...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Theisubstituteioricoachishallireportitoitheiplateiumpireiatitheitimeiofithei changeibyistatinginameiandishirtinumberiofithe: a.iplayerienteringitheigameiforitheifirstitime

b.iplayerire-entering c.iFLEXiwhoiisibattingiforitheiDP d.iDPiwhoiisiplayingidefenseiforitheiFLEX e.iplayeribeingireplacediinitheibattingiorderianditheipositionitoibeioccup iediinitheifieldiifitheiplayeriisinotiaicourtesyirunner Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 3 i-iSubstituting Articlei 3 i-iPlateiumpireishallirecordiallisubstitutions...i-iCorrectiAnswer- andiannounceiimmediatelyianyichange(s)itoitheiopposingiteam'siHEADi COACH.iProjectedisubstitutionsiareinotipermitted. Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 3 i-iSubstituting Articlei 6 i-iFlexi/iDPi-iCorrectiAnswer- TeamimayiuseitheiDP/FLEXioptioniprovidediitiisimadeiknowniatitheipreg ameiconference. a.iDPiisioneiofitheinineihitters b.iFLEXiwillibeiplacediinithei10thipositioniinitheilineup. c.iDPimustiremainiinitheisameipositioniinitheibattingiorderiforitheientirei game. d.iTheiDPimayibeisubstituted...

Articlei 5 i-iareaibehindicatcheri-iCorrectiAnswer- Enteringitheiareaibehinditheicatcheriwhileitheiopposingipitcheriandicatc heriareiinitheiripositionsiisiprohibited. Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 6 i-iBenchiandiFieldiConduct Articlei 6 i-iallowedionifieldi-iCorrectiAnswer- Onlyitheibatter,irunneri(s)ionideckibatter,icoachesiinitheicoachingibox,i... iareipermitteditoibeioutsideitheidesignatedidugout/benchioridesignated iwarmiupiareas. Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 6 i-iBenchiandiFieldiConduct Articlei 10 i-iobjectsiallowediinicoach'siboxi-iCorrectiAnswer- ObjectsiOTHERiTHANistopwatchesiandiscore- keepingimaterials/devicesiinitheicoach'siboxiareiprohibited Rulei3:iPlayers,iSubstitutesiandiCoaches Sectioni 7 i-iChargediconferences Articlei 1 i-iDefensiveiConferencesi-iCorrectiAnswer- Eachiteam,iwhenionidefenseimayibeigrantedinotimoreithaniTHREEicharg eiconferencesiwithoutipenaltyiduringiaiseveniinningigame.

NOTE:iWheniaipitcheriisiremovedibyiruleianditheiincomingipitcheriHASiN OTipitchediinitheigame.,itheiumpireiisiauthorizeditoipermitiadditionaliw arm-upipitches.i(iniotheriwordsi-imoreithani 5 iisiok) Rulei4:iStartingiandiEndingiaiGame Sectioni 1 i-iStartingiaigame Articlei 2 i-iPregameiConferencei-iCorrectiAnswer- Duringitheipregameiconference: a.iThereishallibeinoiballsihitiorithrowniiniliveiterritory. b.iHomeiandivisitorsideliverilineup c.iGroundirulesishallibeiannounced d.iUMPIRESiSHALLiASKiHEADiCOACHESiTOiVERIFYiTHATiTHEIRiPLAYERSi AREiLEGALLYiANDiPROPERLYiEQUIPPEDiANDiSHALLiREMINDiPARTICIPA NTSiABOUTiPROPERiSPORTINGiBEHAVIOR. Rulei4:iStartingiandiEndingiaiGame Sectioni 1 i-iStartingiaigame Articlei 5 i-iGameibeginsi-iCorrectiAnswer- Theigameibeginsiwhenitheiumpireicallsi"PlayiBall!" Rulei5:iDeadiBalliandiSuspensioniofiPlay Sectioni 1 i-iDeadiBall Articlei 1 i-iBallibecomesideadiimmediatelyiwhen...i-iCorrectiAnswer- a.iAipitchitouchesiaibatterioritheibattersiclothing

f. Penalty:iAniillegalipitchishallibeideclarediimmediatelyibyitheiumpirei(del ayedideadiballisignal).iTheibatteriisiawardediaiball. Rulei6:iPitching Sectioni 1 i-iPitchingiregulations Articlei 2 i-iAboutitheipitchi.iPitchistarts...i-iCorrectiAnswer- Onceitheipitchihasistartedi(theihandsiseparate)itheipitcherishallinotitake imoreithanioneistepiandiitimustibeiforward,itowarditheibatteriandisimult aneousiwithitheidelivery. Rulei6:iPitching Sectioni 2 i-iInfractionsibyitheipitchersi Articlei 4 i-iNoipitchishallibeideclarediwhen...i-iCorrectiAnswer- a.iPitcheripitchesiduringisuspensioniofiplay b.iPitcheriattemptsiaiquickireturniofitheiball... c.iTheirunneriisicalledioutiforileavingitheibaseitooisoon d.iPitcheripitchesibeforeiairunnerihasiretoucheditheibaseioccupied... e.iAiplayer,imanagerioricoachicallsitimeioriemploysianotheriwordioriacti oniiniorderitoitryiandimakeitheipitchericommitianiillegalipitch. Rulei6:iPitching Sectioni 4 i-iPitchingiRegulations

Articlei 9 i-iNoipitchishallibeideclarediwhen...i-iCorrectiAnswer- a.iTheipitcheripitchesiduringitheisuspensioniofiplay b.iTheirunneriisicalledioutiforileavingitheibaseitooiearly e.iTheipitcheripitchesibeforeitheibaseirunnerihasiretoucheditheibaseiaft eriaifoulihasibeenicalledianditheiballiisidead. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 1 i-iPositioniandibattingiorder Articlei 1 i-iWhenianiimproperibatter'siinfractioniisifirstidiscovered...i- iCorrectiAnswer- Timeimayibeirequestedianditheiimproperibatterireplacedibyitheiproperi batteriwhoiwilliassumeitheiimproperibatter'siballiandistrikeicount,iprovi deditheiinfractioniisidetectedibeforeitheii,properibatteriisiputioutioribec omesiaibaseirunner. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 1 i-iPositioniandibattingiorder Penaltiesi-iimproperibatteri-iCorrectiAnswer- 1.iProperibatteriisicalledioutioniappealiwhenitheiimproperibattericompl etesiheriatibat.i 2.iWhenianiimproperibatteribecomesiairunnerioriisiputioutianditheidefen siveiteamiappealsitoitheiumpireibeforeitheinextipitchi(legalioriillegal)iori prioritoianiintentionalibaseioniballs,ioribeforeitheiinfieldersileaveifairiter ritoryianditheicatcherivacatesiherinormalifieldingipositioniifiaihalfiinningi isiending.iTheiumpireishallideclareitheibatteriwhoishouldihaveibattediou t...iAllioutsistandiandirunnersinotideclaredioutimustireturnitoitheibaseioc

Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 4 i-iBatteriisiout Articlei 2 i-iTheibatterientersitheibattersiboxi...i-iCorrectiAnswer- withianiillegalibat...(onlyitheiumpireioridefenseimayidetectianiillegalibat ) Penalty:iTheiballiisideadiimmediately.iAllirunnersimustireturnitoitheibas eioccupiediatitheitimeiofitheipitch.iWhenitheiillegalibatiisianialterediorin on-approvedibat,itheibatteriandiheadicoachiareialsoiejected. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 4 i-iBatteriisiout Articlei 3 i-iTheibatteridisconcerts...i-iCorrectiAnswer- ...itheipitcheribyisteppingioutiofitheiboxionioneisideiofihomeiplateitoithei boxionitheiotherisideiwhileitheipitcheriisiinipositionireadyitoipitch. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 4 i-iBatteriisiout Articlei 8 i-iTheibatterihitsitheiballifairiorifoul...i-iCorrectiAnswer- ...iwhileieitherifootiisitouchingitheigroundicompletelyioutsideitheilinesio fitheibatter'siboxioriwhileitouchingitheiplate. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 4 i-iBatteriisiout

Articlei 8 i-iBunti-iCorrectiAnswer-Aibuntioniaithirdistrikeiwhichiisifoul Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 4 i-iBatteriisiout Articlei 14 i-iwhenisheithrows...i-iCorrectiAnswer- ...iheribatiANDiinterferesiwithiaidefensiveiplayeriATTEMPTINGiaiplay. Rulei7:iBatting Sectioni 5 i-iOn-DeckiBatter Articlei 4 i- iTheionideckibatterishallinoticommitiinterferenceiwithitheidefensiveitea m..i(Penalty)i-iCorrectiAnswer- 1)iWhenitheiinterferenceiisiwithiaiTHROWNioriPITCHEDiball,itheiballiisid eadianditheirunneriCLOSESTiTOiHOMEiisideclarediout.iIFiNOiPLAYiISiOBV IOUS,inoiplayeriisiout,ibutirunnersishallireturnitoitheilastibaseitouchediat itheitimeiofiinterference. 2)iWhenitheiinterferenceiisiwithiaiFAIRiBATTEDioriFOULiFLYiBALL,itheiba tteriisiout.iWheni,iinitheijudgmentiofitheiumpire,itheiinterferenceipreve ntediaipossibleidoubleiplay,itheiRUNNERiCLOSESTiTOiHOMEishallibeidecl arediout.iOtherirunnersireturnitoitheilastibaseitouchediatitheitimeiofithei interference. Rulei8:iBatter-Runner,iRunner Sectioni 1 i-iTheibatteribecomesiaibatterirunner