OHSAA 2024 Baseball Rules Exam Questions with complete solutions

Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat: A) That can be either physical or verbal and interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. B) That created malicious contact with any fielder regardless of whether the fielder had the ball or was in or out of the baseline. C) When a coach physically assists a runner during playing action. D) A, B and C. - ️️D) A, B and C With R2 on second base, B3 swings and misses the pitch for strike two. His follow-through hits F2 while he is attempting to throw out R2, who successfully steals third base. A) There is no interference, the play stands. B) This is follow-through interference; R2 is declared out. C) This is follow-through interference; both R2 and B3 are declared out. D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base. - ️️D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base. The base umpire has the primary responsibility for the interference call at second base in a double play situation, second to first. A) True B) False - ️️B) False F4, for whom the DH is batting, pinch hits or pinch runs for the DH. A) The DH position is eliminated for the remainder of the game. B) The starting DH can re-enter as a player but not in the role of the DH. C) If the starting DH re-enters it must be in the same position in the batting order. D) All the above - ️️D) All the above