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1. The home manager turns in two lineup cards which it develops are not identical. The umpire's copy shows the shortstop batting seventh and the pitcher hitting ninth. The card which is to be given the visitor's manager, however, lists the pitcher in both the No. 7 and 9 spots, an error which the umpire failed to note. In the third inning, the visiting skipper comes to the plate, pulls out the lineup card and asks for a ruling. What is it?


2. A hard-hitting catcher twists his knee running the bases and is limping slightly. The manager, in an effort to keep his slugger in the lineup, orders the catcher to switch positions with the first baseman. They do so but the umpires are not informed. What is the penalty?


3. Angered by a close play at the plate, the catcher argues heatedly with the ump, forgetting the batter-runner, a very fast man, is steaming around the bases. In frustrated anger, the catcher insults the umpire and is ejected by the offended official. The catcher stops arguing with the umpire, and notices the batter racing around 3rd. The catcher applies the tag on the runner in aclose play, but definitley before the runner touches home. Does the run count?



4. Numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the batting order are due to bat in the inning. Number 7 leads off (out of order) and doubles and number 6 sacrifices him to third. Number 5 then comes to the plate and takes one pitch before the defense appeals. What is the ruling?



5. A delivery by the pitcher hits the ground in front of the plate and the umpire calls out "Ball." But the pitch skips over the plate and the batter slams it over the right field wall. Is this a homer?


6. With a runner on first base and none out, the batter strikes out, but the catcher drops the ball. The batter runs to first and the runner on first heads toward second. The catcher recovers the ball and throws wildly past first base. The runner form first scores and the batter winds up at third. What is the ruling?


7. There are two outs and a 3-and-1 count on the batter when the stupid runner on third tries to steal home. The pitch is low and inside and he is tagged out. What about the batter?


8. A runner at third base attempts to score on a ground ball to short. Before he reaches the plate, however, the throw strikes him in the head and knocks him unconscious. The catcher retrieves the ball and tags the fallen runner. Is he out?


9. The batter socks a homer over the left field fence. He is midway between second and third when the first base coach, noting that the runner stepped over first, attracts his attention. The batter-runner retouches second, goes back and tags first, then continues around the bases. Is this legal?


10. The base runner slides hard into third base and the loose bag slides away from him. The fielder applies the tag. Is the runner out?

No idea about baseball whatsoever, but i'm pretty sure that the answer to 1 is: 'it's fine, correct the typo; if you want to be a rules nit go play golf'

1. The home manager turns in two lineup cards which it develops are not identical. The umpire's copy shows the shortstop batting seventh and the pitcher hitting ninth. The card which is to be given the visitor's manager, however, lists the pitcher in both the No. 7 and 9 spots, an error which the umpire failed to note. In the third inning, the visiting skipper comes to the plate, pulls out the lineup card and asks for a ruling. What is it?



2. A hard-hitting catcher twists his knee running the bases and is limping slightly. The manager, in an effort to keep his slugger in the lineup, orders the catcher to switch positions with the first baseman. They do so but the umpires are not informed. What is the penalty?




3. Angered by a close play at the plate, the catcher argues heatedly with the ump, forgetting the batter-runner, a very fast man, is steaming around the bases. In frustrated anger, the catcher insults the umpire and is ejected by the offended official. The catcher stops arguing with the umpire, and notices the batter racing around 3rd. The catcher applies the tag on the runner in aclose play, but definitley before the runner touches home. Does the run count?




4. Numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the batting order are due to bat in the inning. Number 7 leads off (out of order) and doubles and number 6 sacrifices him to third. Number 5 then comes to the plate and takes one pitch before the defense appeals. What is the ruling?





5. A delivery by the pitcher hits the ground in front of the plate and the umpire calls out "Ball." But the pitch skips over the plate and the batter slams it over the right field wall. Is this a homer?




6. With a runner on first base and none out, the batter strikes out, but the catcher drops the ball. The batter runs to first and the runner on first heads toward second. The catcher recovers the ball and throws wildly past first base. The runner form first scores and the batter winds up at third. What is the ruling?



7. There are two outs and a 3-and-1 count on the batter when the stupid runner on third tries to steal home. The pitch is low and inside and he is tagged out. What about the batter?




8. A runner at third base attempts to score on a ground ball to short. Before he reaches the plate, however, the throw strikes him in the head and knocks him unconscious. The catcher retrieves the ball and tags the fallen runner. Is he out?




9. The batter socks a homer over the left field fence. He is midway between second and third when the first base coach, noting that the runner stepped over first, attracts his attention. The batter-runner retouches second, goes back and tags first, then continues around the bases. Is this legal?



10. The base runner slides hard into third base and the loose bag slides away from him. The fielder applies the tag. Is the runner out?

I'd reply, but I don't know how to do spoiler tags. I'm lame.

1. The home manager turns in two lineup cards which it develops are not identical. The umpire's copy shows the shortstop batting seventh and the pitcher hitting ninth. The card which is to be given the visitor's manager, however, lists the pitcher in both the No. 7 and 9 spots, an error which the umpire failed to note. In the third inning, the visiting skipper comes to the plate, pulls out the lineup card and asks for a ruling. What is it?



2. A hard-hitting catcher twists his knee running the bases and is limping slightly. The manager, in an effort to keep his slugger in the lineup, orders the catcher to switch positions with the first baseman. They do so but the umpires are not informed. What is the penalty?



3. Angered by a close play at the plate, the catcher argues heatedly with the ump, forgetting the batter-runner, a very fast man, is steaming around the bases. In frustrated anger, the catcher insults the umpire and is ejected by the offended official. The catcher stops arguing with the umpire, and notices the batter racing around 3rd. The catcher applies the tag on the runner in aclose play, but definitley before the runner touches home. Does the run count?



4. Numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the batting order are due to bat in the inning. Number 7 leads off (out of order) and doubles and number 6 sacrifices him to third. Number 5 then comes to the plate and takes one pitch before the defense appeals. What is the ruling?



5. A delivery by the pitcher hits the ground in front of the plate and the umpire calls out "Ball." But the pitch skips over the plate and the batter slams it over the right field wall. Is this a homer?



6. With a runner on first base and none out, the batter strikes out, but the catcher drops the ball. The batter runs to first and the runner on first heads toward second. The catcher recovers the ball and throws wildly past first base. The runner form first scores and the batter winds up at third. What is the ruling?



7. There are two outs and a 3-and-1 count on the batter when the stupid runner on third tries to steal home. The pitch is low and inside and he is tagged out. What about the batter?



8. A runner at third base attempts to score on a ground ball to short. Before he reaches the plate, however, the throw strikes him in the head and knocks him unconscious. The catcher retrieves the ball and tags the fallen runner. Is he out?



9. The batter socks a homer over the left field fence. He is midway between second and third when the first base coach, noting that the runner stepped over first, attracts his attention. The batter-runner retouches second, goes back and tags first, then continues around the bases. Is this legal?



10. The base runner slides hard into third base and the loose bag slides away from him. The fielder applies the tag. Is the runner out?[/quote]

to use spoiler tags you type

[spoil.] answers here [/spoil.]


leave out the period in both and there u go

mdd, i require closure, so let me know my score and how close i was on the open-ended ones

i will think of some good questions too. there are some pretty good quizes online that i've found too

2. A hard-hitting catcher twists his knee running the bases and is limping slightly. The manager, in an effort to keep his slugger in the lineup, orders the catcher to switch positions with the first baseman. They do so but the umpires are not informed. What is the penalty?


3. Angered by a close play at the plate, the catcher argues heatedly with the ump, forgetting the batter-runner, a very fast man, is steaming around the bases. In frustrated anger, the catcher insults the umpire and is ejected by the offended official. The catcher stops arguing with the umpire, and notices the batter racing around 3rd. The catcher applies the tag on the runner in aclose play, but definitley before the runner touches home. Does the run count?


4. Numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the batting order are due to bat in the inning. Number 7 leads off (out of order) and doubles and number 6 sacrifices him to third. Number 5 then comes to the plate and takes one pitch before the defense appeals. What is the ruling?


5. A delivery by the pitcher hits the ground in front of the plate and the umpire calls out "Ball." But the pitch skips over the plate and the batter slams it over the right field wall. Is this a homer?


6. With a runner on first base and none out, the batter strikes out, but the catcher drops the ball. The batter runs to first and the runner on first heads toward second. The catcher recovers the ball and throws wildly past first base. The runner form first scores and the batter winds up at third. What is the ruling?


7. There are two outs and a 3-and-1 count on the batter when the stupid runner on third tries to steal home. The pitch is low and inside and he is tagged out. What about the batter?


8. A runner at third base attempts to score on a ground ball to short. Before he reaches the plate, however, the throw strikes him in the head and knocks him unconscious. The catcher retrieves the ball and tags the fallen runner. Is he out?


9. The batter socks a homer over the left field fence. He is midway between second and third when the first base coach, noting that the runner stepped over first, attracts his attention. The batter-runner retouches second, goes back and tags first, then continues around the bases. Is this legal?


10. The base runner slides hard into third base and the loose bag slides away from him. The fielder applies the tag. Is the runner out?[/quote]


fun quiz thanx

sure thing one sec

nm, i clearly bombed it judging by similarities in dustin/mets answers vs mine

honest on 3 i meant
im not sure now but thats what i meant

DMK,

After a quick review ill say you got either 5.5 right or 6 out of 10

i would like score closure too

changing #6 to having R1 stealing on the pitch would make it a somewhat more interesting question

dustin:

and I realized that part of 6 is wrong for me after readings mets' answer

Riverfish,

again just a quick glance over id score you 5 correct with 2 that are partial correct

i guess ill wait a couple hours or sometime tonight ill put up the answers...i dont mind scoring them though, i guess as long as i dont say which ones were correct

dustin actually:



mdoran- would you be so kind as to illuminate us on the ruling of such a case

I liked your original answer better. I would agree with all your other answers, but given how you only got 6 out of 10, that probably isn't a great idea.

I could go either way on #1.

Mets answers are the best so far but still missed 2 to 2.5 id say

where does it say i got 6 out of 10?

Mets' answers are better than mine?