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Twenty-one often-misunderstood rules
Twenty-one often-misunderstood rules along with their Little League Rule numbers:
- Balk 8.05
- Quick return pitch 2.00, 8.02(a)
- Obstruction 2.00, 7.06(a) & (b)
- Infield fly rule 2.00, 6.05(e)
- Timeout 2.00, 5.10(h)
- Stealing second on a walk 2.00
- Ball touches an umpire or base coach 5.08
- Runner hit by batted ball 5.09(f)
- Batter turning left after overrunning first base 7.08(c) exception
- Overthrow 7.05
- Not sliding at a base 7.08(a)(3)
- Run scoring during third-out play 4.09(a)
- Batter hit by bounced pitch 6.08(b)
- Spectator interference (typically a base coach, umpire, passerby, or on-deck batter trying to be helpful) 2.00, 3.16
- Caught foul tip is live ball on all three strikes 2.00
- Only one adult base "Coacher" at a time 2.00
- Batter out if infielder deliberately drops ball when runner on first 6.05(1)
- Runner who passes another is out 7.08(h)
- Batter hit by pitch does not go to first if he swung at pitch or it was in strike zone 2.00
