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The bases are loaded with two outs. Batter hits an inside the park home run. However, runner from first misses second base. Defensive team appeals that the runner from first did not touch second base and the is called out to end the inning. Question: do two runs score - the runners that...

In USSSA senior softball, can the catcher be constantly talking while the pitch to the batter is in the air or is there such a ruling in the rule book that classifies that as verbal interference and the pitch is a dead ball ball?

In USA/ASA Senior softball (men and women) can a substitute on the line up card be used as a courtesy runner without being classified as "in the game"?

Are there any rules/guidelines in USA/ASA senior softball to handle profanity from a team during a game?

Is there a rule in USA/ASA senior softball that says if the batter's back foot is in front of the plate when contact is made with the ball that the batter is out?? How about SSUSA?

Thank you everyone for your reply. After my post, I referenced the SSUSA site and discovered they had changed the rule to 'both feet on the ground'. '

Have any of the senior softball associaitons (USA, SSUSA, ISA, etc.) changed the rule to state that the runner may be tagged out unless said runner has both feet on or across the commitment line?

USA/ASA Senior Softball - I know that the penalty for using an illegal bat is that the batter is out and ejected. Can a substitute take their place and bat in that position the next time thru the batting order? If there is no substitute available, is that batting position an out each time thru...

USA Senior Softball: A player is in the lineup and is scheduled to bat. He is late and is not available to bat. Is the team charged with an out? What happens if he shows up later in the game? Can he bat? If so, where? Will he bat in the position he originally occupied or is he added to...

USA Senior Softball - must a foul ball caught by the catcher be above their head to be called an out? As an umpire, players keep asking me and I cannot find anywhere in the 2022 USA Rules Manuel that speaks to that issue. Thank You.

R1 is caught in a run-down between 2nd and 3rd base. From second base, F1 runs after R1 and then throws to F2 by third base. F2 runs R1 back towards second, throws to F1 who tags R1 as he approaches for an apparent out. However, the umpire rules that F1 obstructed R1 and called R1 safe...

Are you saying that the runner can leave with the swing of the bat regardless is contact is made or not??

ASA Senior Softball. Runner on first base. The runner leaves first base as the batter swings at the pitch. The batter misses the ball (a swinging strike). Can the runner be called out for leaving the base too early?

In ASA Senior Softball, must a courtesy runner for B/R1 enter the game before the first pitch to B2??