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PLEASE READ: There Are 50 True/False Rules Questions from the 2018 MLB Rule Book on the Exam, Each Worth 2 Points. Your Score Will Be Displayed at the End of the Exam PLEASE READ: There are 50 True/False rules questions from the 2018 MLB rule book on the exam, each worth 2 points. Your score will be displayed at the end of the exam. You must score 70% or better to pass. ATTENTION - this year you can only take the exam once! The deadline is Thursday March 21st. If you do not get a passing grade, you will be required to attend a review session the week after the clinic on the 21st. We recommend printing the exam, finding the answers, then going back to submit your answers. You cannot save your answers online and come back to the exam. To get credit for taking the exam, please use your real name and email address. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Your score and a certificate will be emailed to you upon completion. Please do not give the answers to another umpire. The idea is to get everyone into the rule book before the season starts. If you are interested in meeting in groups to review the exam, please keep an eye out for an email with dates/times soon. A review of this exam will take place on Thursday March 21st at 7 PM at the Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover. Good luck! 2019 GLBUA Pre-Season exam Total Questions: 50 1. Bases loaded no out, fly ball between mound and 2nd base. Unintentional contact between R2 standing on 2nd base and F4 as ball falls to ground. Umpire rules Runner Interference R2 and BR out, R1 and R3 remain on base. True False 2. Batted line drive hits pitcher's rubber and goes out of play between 1st base and right field foul pole. Umpire rules Foul. True False 3. R3 attempting to score slides hard feet first with thigh and buttocks on ground into catcher in possession of the ball. Ball is dislodged and rolls away as R3 touches home. Umpire rules R3 out for illegal contact. True False 4. Runner on 2nd base, Pitcher comes to set position then removes hand from ball to get bee off face. Umpire rules Balk advances R2. True False 5. Bottom half of extra innings. R2, no out Pitcher quick pitches and Balk is called. Batter hits deep fly to center field. Ball is caught, R2 tags up and scores on bad throw from center fielder. Home manager requests result of play to win. Umpire rules Balk, puts R2 on 3rd base and puts Batter back in box with no pitch. True False 6. R3, R2. One out. A line drive hits off the third baseman's glove, then hits R2 between second and third and deflects right to the shortstop who makes the catch. The shortstop throws to third as R3 was off the bag. Umpire rules double play, inning over. True False 7. R3, and no outs. R3 breaks for the plate. F1 in the stretch steps off the rubber with his pivot foot and throws home. BR squares and gets in the catcher’s way, so that he cannot make a play on R3. The umpire rules BR out and R3 is sent back to 3rd base. True False 8. The batter takes his place in the batter's box with no count. Before the pitcher delivers the ball, the batter moves back and his back foot is clearly on the ground outside the box line. The batter swings and misses. Umpire says nothing and the count is 0-1. True False 9. The batter hits a foul ball near the stands on the first base side. F3 reaches in and as he is about to make the play a fan deflects the ball away from him. Umpires rules fan interference and calls the batter out. True False 10. Runner on third and two outs. Full count on the batter. The batter swings at the pitch that hits him in the shoulder. The ball rolls far enough away from F2 that R3 can score and the BR reaches first. Umpire rules play stands. Count the run and the on-deck batter is now up. True False 11. Bases loaded and one out. The batter hits an easy pop fly to the third base man. R3 thinking the ball is foul does not go back to the base and is in fair territory when the ball hits him. Umpire rules inning over. True False 12. With a runner on first and no outs the batter squares to bunt with the count 0-2. The ball is popped up in foul ground and caught by F2 who throws to F3 before R1 returns. Umpire calls dead ball, the batter out for bunting the ball foul on the third strike and returns R1 to first. True False 13. The batter hits a high chopper in front of the plate. The BR unintentionally makes contact with F2 on his way to first. Plate umpire signals safe and allows the play to continue. True False 14. Runner on first with no outs and the runner is stealing on the first pitch of the at bat. F1's pitch is inside. The batter holds his ground and is not hit. F2 moves inside to catch the pitch and cannot throw to second because of the batters position in the batter's box. Umpire rules no interference and ball one. True False 15. R3 and R1 on base with one out. The batter hits a routine pop up towards F4. F4 seeing the BR not running lets the ball drop untouched in front of him. F4 picks up the ball and throws to F3 who tags the base and then R1 while still on the base. R3 thought there were two outs and was off with the pitch. R3 scored before F4 let the ball fall. The umpire rules R1 and the BR both out, inning over and no run scores. True False 16. The bases are empty with two outs and a full count on the batter. The ball slips out of the pitcher’s hand when he starts his wind-up. The ball rolls toward the foul line between home and 1st but does not cross it. The umpire rules ball four and awards the batter 1st. True False 17. No outs with R1 stealing. The batter swings and tips the ball sharp and direct back off the catcher's chest protector. F2 is able to then control the ball and throw out R1 at second. The umpire rules foul ball and returns R1. True False 18. Bottom of the last inning. Visiting team up 6 to 5. R3, R2 with one out. The batter hits a deep fly ball that is caught by a diving F8. Both runners tag up and score. After the R2 touches home plate, R3 goes back to touch home plate that he did in fact miss. The defense seeing this properly appeals the missed base. The umpire rules game not over as only one run scores. Extra innings to follow. True False 19. R1. The pitcher, while in the set position, and in contact with the rubber, makes a legal but wild throw to 1stbase and the ball goes into the dugout and bounces back out. Umpire rules dead ball and awards R1 3rdbase. True False 20. R2, one out. B1 grounds to F5 diving to his left. F5 fields the ball and chases R2 back towards second. He then swipes at and misses R2, and then throws wildly to first into dead-ball territory. Before F5 throws, B1 had touched first. Umpire rules B1 is awarded third and R2 is awarded home. True False 21. BR hits an inside the park home run, but misses 2nd. The defense properly appeals the BR missing 1st. The umpire rule safe. The defense now appeals that he missed 2nd and does it correctly. The umpire disallows the appeal because a team can only appeal once. True False 22. Bottom of the 9th inning, R3, one out. The batter swings, contacts the catcher's mitt, and hits a deep fly ball to F8, who makes a great catch. The plate umpire correctly signals 'interference' on the catcher. R3 tags up and scores. Umpire rules that the ball is immediately dead on the catcher's interference and the batter-runner is awarded first base. R3 back to third. True False 23. Top of the fourth inning. R3, R2, R1 with two out. 2-2 count on B1. F1 replaced on the mound by new pitcher Jones. After warm up pitches, umpire puts ball back into play. Jones throws ball 3. He steps back to use the rosin. F3 has brief pep talk with Jones and pats him on the rear. Before Jones takes the mound, R1 steps-off the bag and is tagged by F3 who has the ball for the third out. In the top of the fifth, Smith is now pitching. Umpires rules Jones must come back and pitch to the 1st batter. True False 24. All-Star player Hall is on the disabled list. In the top of the third inning he comes out to warm up the pitcher. He waves to the crowd gets a standing ovation. Umpire shakes his hand and allows this. True False 25. Bottom of the seventh. Tie score. R2, R3. No out. F1 throws ball one to B4 in the dirt. Manager comes out for a visit. Pitcher throws ball two in the dirt. Manager starts out of the dugout and is warned by the plate umpire not to go to the mound. He does so anyway.
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