# Baseball rules quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 19, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368 "2013-06-19T15:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/1 "2013-06-19T15:38:39Z")
The story… > **[Stark: Quizzing experts on baseball's rules](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9389802/how-well-do-know-baseball-rules-take-our-quiz)** > > How well do we know baseball's rules? We asked players, coaches and managers to take our quiz, and you can, too. And the quiz… [http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/quiz/\_/id/4979/do-know-mlb-rules](http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/quiz/_/id/4979/do-know-mlb-rules) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/2 "2013-06-19T18:01:08Z")
I got 5/10, which either means something or it doesn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/3 "2013-06-19T18:08:27Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I got 5/10, which either means something or it doesn’t. 🙂 It means you could be a TV baseball commentator. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/4 "2013-06-19T18:30:38Z")
I got a piss-poor 4 out of 10. ---
**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/5 "2013-06-19T18:38:05Z")
4 out of 10 here. I like quizzes, not sports. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/6 "2013-06-19T19:22:45Z")
9 out of 10, but I umpire as a hobby and read the rule book for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/7 "2013-06-19T19:57:45Z")
Can someone spoiler the correct answers? I get errors when I try to “submit”. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/8 "2013-06-19T20:07:58Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Can someone spoiler the correct answers? I get errors when I try to “submit”. 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. True 7. False 8. False 9. False 10. False ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/9 "2013-06-19T20:14:09Z")
4/10. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/10 "2013-06-19T21:24:47Z")
Thank you, **jsc1953**. I got 8/10, missing the first and ninth. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/11 "2013-06-19T21:33:46Z")
6/10 for me. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/12 "2013-06-19T22:10:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It means you could be a TV baseball commentator. 🙂 Sadly, it seems I’m overqualified for some positions on the national broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/13 "2013-06-19T22:29:42Z")
4/10 here, as well. No better than blind luck. Thing is, I actually did know the answer to three of those, and just guessed badly on the other seven. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/14 "2013-06-19T23:48:04Z")
4/10 as well. Got the first four, missed the rest. On #7, I thought about it, but thought it wouldn’t count as a force out. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/15 "2013-06-20T00:05:33Z")
6 out of 10. Mostly guessing on every question. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/16 "2013-06-20T04:05:38Z")
I got 5 right, the same as I’d have gotten by flipping a coin. I was only SURE of two… and I got one of those wrong! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/17 "2013-06-20T08:00:01Z")
I took it for fun, and maybe it’s because I’m tired and took some cold medicine, but I did not like the way the questions were worded. Way too many extraneous details that came off as the question writer bragging about his sports knowledge. Why in the world was every single player’s name mentioned? Do you really think umpires are thinking are thinking about who the people are? I think I got a four out of ten, but I accidentally closed it before copying my score. I will say I was always told as a kid that being hit by the ball was never an out in real baseball, so that lost me a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/18 "2013-06-20T12:03:58Z")
6/10, a bunch of guessing. It’s interesting that for the article, they didn’t have any actual MLB umpires take the test. Enough of these rules are uncommon enough, and only take affect after the play, that it’s really only the umpires who need to know them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/19 "2013-06-20T13:25:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I took it for fun, and maybe it’s because I’m tired and took some cold medicine, but I did not like the way the questions were worded. Way too many extraneous details that came off as the question writer bragging about his sports knowledge. Why in the world was every single player’s name mentioned? Do you really think umpires are thinking are thinking about who the people are? > > I think I got a four out of ten, but I accidentally closed it before copying my score. I will say I was always told as a kid that being hit by the ball was never an out in real baseball, so that lost me a bunch. A) I’m guessing that, since it was an ESPN site, they were going for the sports fan who could relate better if it seemed like a real game situation. B) You were probably also told “one base on an overthrow” and “tie goes to the runner”, right? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368/20 "2013-06-20T23:52:29Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > A) I’m guessing that, since it was an ESPN site, they were going for the sports fan who could relate better if it seemed like a real game situation. > > B) You were probably also told “one base on an overthrow” and “tie goes to the runner”, right? I remember the second, but not the first. But yeah, I probably was. And, yeah, I get that about seeming more real. Still, in my aforementioned state, it made it harder to get to meat of what was going on. I even just skipped the last problem because of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-quiz/661368.md?page=2)