Softball

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2009-11-20 Softball - 4 base errors:

Hi Anthony, This is the proper call by the umpire, it's actually called a "4 base award", if an error happens or not doesn't matter and most of the time no error is made by the fielder. It is NOT counted

2009-11-16 Softball - Bunted Balls - 2 Questions:

Question 1 the umpire was not correct. If the ball is first touched on or over fair territory fair ball if on or over foul territory, foul ball. It doesn't matter if the ball hits the plate. Question

2009-11-13 Softball - strike zone:

Hi Tony, I'm always amazed that someone who plays SP for any length of time doesn't know where the strike zone is. The SZ in SP NEVER, EVER, NEVER changes because of where a batter stands in the

2009-11-11 Softball - Force Out Rule:

It sounds like the runner on 1st was tagged after the bag was tagged putting the batter out. Since the batter was put out, the runner was no longer forced to advance, so the runner wasn't out with the

2009-11-10 Softball - Baserunner:

Freddie, Your question doesn't have an answer that applies in every situation. You have described a text book example of obstruction. There is not an automatic award of a base for obstruction. At