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Take Part. Get Set For Life.™
National Federation of State High School Associations
2013 NFHS Baseball Rule
Changes
KEITH ALEXANDER
Director of Officials
Louisiana High School Athletic Association
ON-LINE TESTING INFO:
• Baseball Testing Dates: Monday, February 4 - Thursday, February 7
• Each Official will receive log-in information from their Assignment Secretary.
• If you take the test and fail the test (69% or below) you may retake the test one time. If you take the test and pass (70% or higher) that score will be your final score, but the score will only count at the Registered level.
ON-LINE TESTING INFO:
• NEW: Proctored Makeup Exam will be given on Monday, February 18, 2013. This is for five year experience or higher officials who score lower than Approved.
PLAYER EJECTED FROM A CONTEST IN A
SPORT FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE
CONDUCT
FIRST OFFENSE – will receive an official
warning. Must take the NFHS Coach Education
Certification Program: “Sportsmanship – It’s Up
to You”. Certificate of completion.
SECOND OFFENSE – Probation. Suspended
through the next regularly scheduled contest at
that level, including post-season play.
THIRD OFFENSE – Suspended for the
remainder of the year in that sport.
NFHS defines Fighting as:
“Any attempt by a player or non-player to strike or
engage a player or non-player in a combative
manner unrelated to baseball. Such acts include,
but not limited to: attempts to strike an
opponent(s) with the arm(s), hand(s), leg(s), or
foot (feet), whether or not there is contact”.
PLAYER EJECTED FROM A CONTEST
IN A SPORT FOR FIGHTING
FIRST OFFENSE – Player will be suspended
through the next contest at that level. Will
receive an official warning. Student will have a
mandatory meeting with Principal, Coach,
Parent/Guardian. Cannot travel with team, sit on
the bench, or be affiliated with the team during
the suspended time. Will be required to complete
Certification Program : “Sportsmanship – It’s Up
to You”.
SECOND OFFENSE – Suspended from
participating in the same sport for the remainder
of the year.
PLAYER EJECTED FROM A CONTEST IN A
SPORT FOR COMING OFF THE BENCH ONTO
THE COURT OF FIELD
FIRST OFFENSE – Player will be suspended
through the next contest at that level. Will receive
an official warning. Student will have a mandatory
meeting with Principal, Coach, Parent/Guardian.
Cannot travel with team, sit on the bench, or be
affiliated with the team during the suspended time.
Complete Sportsmanship Class. School may be
subject to a sportsmanship hearing.
SECOND OFFENSE – Suspended from
participating in the same sport for the remainder of
the year.
COACH EJECTED FROM A CONTEST IN A
SPORT FOR UNSPORTSMANSHIP
CONDUCT:
FIRST OFFENSE – Will receive an official
warning. Must complete Sportsmanship Class –
“Teaching & Modeling Behavior”. Cost is the
responsibility of the coach.
SECOND OFFENSE – School fined $200.00 .
The coach is suspended through the next game
at the level, including post-season play.
THIRD OFFENSE – School fined $300.00.
School prohibited from playing in a contest with
the coach serving as the coach of the team.
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Rule 3-1-5
Concussions
Only health-care professionals can determine
if a player has experienced a concussion.
Officials are asked to observe and if they see
a player who exhibits the signs or symptoms
of a concussion, immediately remove him
from the game.
He shall not return to play until cleared by an
appropriate health-care professional (as
determined by the state association).
Rule 3-1-5
Concussions
Possible signs and symptoms:
• Loss of consciousness,
• Headache,
• Dizziness,
• Confusion,
• Balance problems,
• Staggering around
“When in doubt, sit him out!”
LHSAA POLICY ON CONCUSSIONS
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
A CONCUSSION is defined as a traumatic
brain injury that interferes with normal brain
function. An athlete does NOT have to lose
consciousness to have suffered a concussion.
COMMON SYMPTOMS include the following:
• Headache, fogginess, difficulty concentrating,
easily confused, slowed thought processes,
difficulty with memory, nausea, lack of energy,
dizziness or poor balance, blurred vision,
sensitive to light and sounds, mood changes-
irritable, anxious, or tearful.
LHSAA POLICY ON CONCUSSIONS
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
An appropriate Healthcare Professional is defined as an individual or
individuals from the following professions. They are the ONLY
individuals who are designated as the persons to DIAGNOSE whether
an athlete has or does not have a concussion.
• MD – A medical doctor licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana
• DO – A doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed to practice
medicine in Louisiana
• PA – Physicians Assistant licensed to practice in Louisiana
• NP – A registered nurse practitioner licensed to practice in
Louisiana
• PM – A paramedic licensed to practice in Louisiana (an EMT
Cannot make this decision)
• AT – An athletic trainer licensed nationally or by the state of
Louisiana
LHSAA POLICY ON CONCUSSIONS
MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
The LHSAA has adopted the following policy with all sports for dealing
with concussions.
• 1. NO athlete shall return to play or practice on the same day of a
concussion.
• 2. ANY athlete suspected of having a concussion SHALL be evaluated by
an appropriate health care professional that day. If there is not a
healthcare professional available, the HEAD COACH shall make the
determination. WHEN IN DOUBT, KEEP THE STUDENT-ATHLETE
OUT!!!
• 3. ANY athlete diagnosed with a concussion shall be medically cleared by
a MEDICAL DOCTOR or DOCTOR OF OSTEPATHIC medicine, each of
which must be licensed to practice in Louisiana, prior to resuming
participation in any practice or competition.
• 4. After medical clearance, RETURN TO PLAY, should follow a step-wise
protocol with provisions as determined by a MEDICAL DOCTOR licensed
in Louisiana for delayed RETURN TO PLAY based upon return of any
signs or symptoms.
LHSAA POLICY ON
INTERRUPTED GAMES
All LHSAA member schools are responsible for having
workable lighnting detectors and for having game
management personnel trained in the use of these
devices; lightning detectors must be monitored by
game management throughout the game. The
officiating crew will honor any request by game
management to interrupt the game based upon game
management’s determination that the potential for
dangerous lightning exists in the area of the game.
Notwithstanding the requirement of the home school to
have and use an approved lightning detector, the
officiating crew is also required to be familiar with the
NFHS “Guidelines on Handling Contests during
Lighting Disturbances” found in the NFHS Rules Book.
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Altering of Bats
Rule 1-3-2 Note
The altering of non-wood bats continues to be an important
issue in high school baseball. It is the responsibility of
players and coaches to ensure that bats are not altered.
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Altering of Bats
Rules 1-3-2 Note
The NFHS has been advised that certain manufacturers consider
alteration, modification and "doctoring" of their bats to be
unlawful and subject to civil and, under certain circumstances,
criminal action.
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Legal Consequences
Rule 1-3-2 Note
The NFHS is aware that bat altering is on the
rise.
Bat manufacturers are also aware and
extremely concerned about their products
being misrepresented and altered.
It is extremely important that coaches express
to their players and their parents the
importance of not altering or modifying bats.
Rationale: Risk Minimization.
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Electronic Monitoring Equipment
Rule 3-3-1f
It is illegal to use any video monitoring or replay equipment
for coaching purposes during a game. That includes mobile
devices that have video capabilities.
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Electronic Equipment
Rule 3-3-1f
A coach or team member may use electronic equipment in
the dugout as long as it is not used for video recording or
replay. A tablet computer used for scorekeeping purposes
only is permissible.
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Video Usage
Rule 3-3-1f
Smart phones and tablet computers
effectively handle mundane tasks like keeping
score, managing the line-up and tracking the
progress and performance of both teams.
Using these devices for video recording and
replaying the images are not permitted.
PENALTY: Coach shall be ejected.
Rationale: Prohibited use of video
monitoring.
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Equipment in Coaching Box
Rule 3-3-1i
A coach may not have any electronic equipment in the
coaching box, even if intended to be used for scoring
purposes only.
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Electronic Equipment
Rule 3-3-1i
The only equipment that a coach may have and use in the
coaching box is a stopwatch, a rules book (hard copy) and a
scorebook (hard copy).
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Coach’s Box Equipment
Rule 3-3-1i
Permissible Equipment:
• Stopwatch
• Hard copy of the NFHS Baseball Rules book
• Hard copy of a scorebook
• Cellular phone (in pocket) for emergencies.
PENALTY: Umpire may restrict the
offender to the bench/dugout for the
remainder of the game or eject the
offender.
Rationale: Clarification of permitted items in
the coach’s box.
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Extra Warmup Throws
Rule 6-2-2c Exception
When a pitcher is ejected from a game, his successor may
be authorized to receive more than the standard eight
warmup throws that he would get as a substitute.
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Extra Warmup Throws
Rule 6-2-2c Exception
When replacing a pitcher who was ejected, the substitute
pitcher should be afforded the same warmup criteria as he
would if replacing an injured pitcher. Extra throws may be
authorized by the umpire-in-chief.
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Extra Warm up Throws
Rule 6-2-2c Exception
If a pitcher is ejected, an incoming pitcher
should be afforded the same warm up
opportunity as he would if he was replacing
an injured pitcher.
The umpire-in-chief may grant more pitchers
to warm up the new pitcher’s arm.
Rationale: Clarification of the treatment of an
incoming pitcher.
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Legal Pitching Positions
The windup is one of two legal pitching positions. For the
windup, the pitcher’s non-pivot foot shall be in any position
on or behind a line extending through the front edge of the
pitcher’s plate.
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Legal Pitching Positions
The set is the other legal pitching position. For the set
position, a pitcher’s entire non-pivot foot must be in front of a
line extending through the front edge of the pitcher’s plate
and the entire pivot foot must be in contact with or in front of
the pitching plate.
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Illegal Pitching Position
A number of pitchers are starting a pitch from this hybrid
position. This position is illegal since it does not meet the
criteria of either the windup or set position.
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Illegal Pitching Motion
Going to the mouth while in contact with the pitcher’s plate
is an illegal pitch with no one on base or a balk with
runners on base, not because the pitcher goes to his
mouth, but because the action simulates the start of the
pitching motion.
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Legal/Illegal Pitching Position
Rules governing the pitcher’s position on the
pitcher’s plate and movement have remained
constant over the last several decades.
Modified and hybrid positions have become
popular at higher levels of baseball.
These creative pitcher’s stances might be
appropriate at the advanced levels but not for
the age and skill level of a typical high school
pitcher.
Umpires must be aware of the position of the
non-pivot foot.
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Pace of Play
A pitcher has 20 seconds to pitch or make or attempt a play
(including a legal feint) after receiving the ball. By enforcing
this and other pace of play rules, the game will be played at
the proper speed without either team gaining an unfair
advantage.
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Pace of Play
A returning pitcher has 60 seconds to complete his five
warmup throws (timed from the third out of the previous
inning). Teams should hustle on and off the field once the
third out is made.
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Pace of Play
The batter must remain in the box during his time at bat
unless one of the eight exceptions in Rule 7-3-1 is met.
Keeping the batter in the box dramatically increases the
game’s pace of play.
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Pace of Game Play
The committee identified these areas in need of
improvements that detract from what otherwise is an
exciting and enjoyable game:
Handling offensive and defensive charged
conferences in a timely manner.
Speeding up the time between innings and during
pitching changes.
Umpires diligently counting the number of warm-up
pitches.
The batter’s box rule (the batter must generally keep
one foot in the box during an at-bat). Unless it meets
one of the eight exceptions:
Pace of Game Play
(Batter’s box rule exceptions)
• The batter swings at the pitch.
• The batter is forced out of the box by the pitch.
• The batter attempts a “drag bunt.”
• The pitcher or catcher feints or attempts a play at any
base.
• The pitcher leaves the dirt area of the pitching mound
or takes a position more than five feet from the
pitcher’s plate after receiving the ball.
• A member of either team requests and is granted
“Time.”
• The catcher leaves the catcher’s box to adjust his
equipment or give defensive signals.
• The catcher does not catch the pitched ball.
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Compliant Bats
The head coach of each team is required to verify to the
umpire-in-chief that his team's equipment is properly
equipped in accordance with NFHS rules, prior to the start
of each game.
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Compliant Bats
There are several ways bats can be altered illegally, including
through the use of bat warming devices. Even though a bat
meets the rules, once it has been altered, it is an illegal bat.
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Compliant Bats
Removing the end cap off a bat makes it an illegal altered
bat, with or without doing anything to the inside of the bat,
such as inserting tennis balls or shaving the inside wall of
the bat.
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Compliant Bats
Altering bats by such methods as rolling,
shaving the bat wall, flattening or otherwise
manipulating the bat from its original
manufactured condition is a federal offense.
Not only is it illegal but it can cause injury or
worse to a young person.
The NFHS is committed to eliminating altered
bats from interscholastic baseball.
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Risk Minimization
Loose equipment on the field is a safety issue. Umpires
and coaches must be diligent to ensure that there is no
loose equipment in live-ball territory during a game.
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Risk Minimization
When the bullpen is on the playing field, teams will use a
player to “protect” the players warming up from batted balls.
The protector is required to have a glove. A NOCSAE-
approved helmet is recommended, but not required.
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Risk Minimization
High school baseball reports some of the
lowest injuries than other NFHS sports.
Dedicated coaches and officials are the key to
such success.
Attention should be given to the following:
• Loose equipment,
• Weather conditions,
• The role of the “protector”.
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Good Sporting Behavior
Each game is an opportunity for coaches, umpires and
players to model respectful behavior. The positive values
that are learned will serve players long after their baseball
experience has concluded.
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Good Sporting Behavior
Coaches and Umpires must work together.
• Each contest is another opportunity for
coaches and umpires to teach not only
baseball skills, but also model respectful
behavior as well as professional relationships.
Game situations typically provide a coach the
opportunity to identify a “teachable moment”
to reinforce good sporting behavior.
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Delayed-Dead Ball
The signal for a delayed-dead ball has been removed
from the Umpires Manual.
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Delayed - Dead Ball Signal
Removed
The Delayed - Dead Ball Signal is removed
but not the article (5-1-2) from the Rules book
and the Umpires Manual .
In lieu of using that signal when one of the
seven scenarios that constitute a delayed
dead ball situation occurs, the umpire will
allow for playing action to cease, call “Time!”,
identify the infraction and make his award.
Rationale: Infrequently used signal that did
not contribute to the overall set of umpire
mechanics.
Delayed - Dead Ball Situations
The seven scenarios that constitute delayed dead
ball situations are the following:
• Batter interferes with the catcher as he attempts to play on a
runner.
• A catcher or any fielder obstructing a batter or runner or
through use of detached player equipment.
• Umpire interference with the catcher attempting to throw.
• Any offensive team personnel that calls
“Time” or uses other command or commits any action for the
purpose of trying to cause the pitcher to balk.
• Anyone who is required to wear a batting helmet deliberately
removes the helmet, while the ball is in live-ball territory and
the ball is live.
• A coach physically assists a runner.
• A ball touches an illegal glove/mitt.
Repositioning of U2 Coverage
Repositioning of U2 Coverage
In the NFHS Umpires Manual under the 2-
Man Mechanic section, we have repositioned
the umpire, with runners on third and first
base, U2 will be in the “B” position.
Rationale:
• It is a better position for any pick off attempt by
pitcher or catcher at first or third base.
• U2 is closest to the delayed double steal
rundown play.
• It is the ideal position for watching R2 touching
second base on any base hit.
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Thank you for your time and
commitment to high school baseball.
Have a great season!
You have completed the first part of the clinic by
watching the video.
The second part of the clinic is that you must answer 8
out of the next 10 questions correctly. You will have 10
minutes to complete the quiz. The clock will start when
you click on the first quiz question. If you fail to answer
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over. Please read each question and then click on the
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Good Luck!
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2013 Baseball Online Rules Clinic
QUESTION #1
The new fighting rule states that there
must be contact before an ejection is
made.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #2
If a player is diagnosed by the
appropriate health-care professional as
to have suffered a concussion, the
player cannot participate for the
remainder of the game.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #3
It is highly recommended that the host
school provide a lightning detector.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #4
If someone alters or modifies a bat, they
are subject to civil or criminal actions.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #5
Any device used to control the
temperature of a bat, whether to heat or
cool it, is illegal.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #6
Any questions regarding legality of a
player’s equipment shall be resolved by
the Umpire-in-Chief.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #7
Any player who leaves the
bench/dugout area or his position during
a fight for any reason shall be ejected.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #8
A coach or team member may use
electronic equipment in the dugout as
long as it is not used for video recording
or replay.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #9
When a pitcher is ejected from a game,
his successor may be authorized to
receive more than the standard eight
warm-up throws that he would get as a
substitute.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION #10
A pitcher has 45 seconds to pitch or
make or attempt a play after receiving
the ball.
A. True
B. False
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