Bizarre Rules In Baseball You Never Knew Existed

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None of these rules are bizarre or complex. And, you got some of them wrong. You get a D on your thesis.

The word "never" should be removed from the title. These are all pretty well known rules.

Are you serious. If any fan is watching and they didn't know every rule you showed,they should stick to knitting

Reggie Jackson was the first player to ignore the no-fraternization rule before a game. As an Oakland A, he started talking to a team from the opposing team. The poor player didn't know what to do because he knew he wasn't supposed to talk to Reggie, but Reggie kept chatting. Jackson was fined for it, refused to pay the fine, and continued to ignore the rule. Eventually all players came to ignore it.

Nice video. The catcher’s crouch is especially interesting. 4:00 The evolution of catchers’ equipment—from masks, to shin guards, to the mitt—allowed the catcher to move closer and closer to the plate. With modern equipment, a catcher needn’t worry as much about injury, and can frame pitches and allow the umpire a better view. Whereas previously, with small, primitive glove-mitts and later the classic pillow-mitts, he needed two hands to catch. And standing upright and farther back was the only practical way to catch. The invention of shin guards and better chest protectors helped make it easier to block pitches in the dirt and take foul-tips. Yet always an extremely demanding position. If not your hands taking a beating, then your knees. There’s a reason they call it “the tools of ignorance.” The mental aspect is also demanding.

This video is a joke. For example, only someone who knew nothing about baseball would find the infield fly rule or balk rule, bizarre. They are there for a reason. Why don't you research the reason instead of providing click bait for the rule impaired fans that flood MLB parks every day.

These are all pretty standard rules.

The infield fly rule does NOT automatically treat the ball as caught. What it does is declares the batter out regardless of a catch in order to remove the force on the runners, BUT WHETHER IT'S CAUGHT STILL MATTERS as all the rules of tagging up are exactly the same. If the ball is not caught, the batter is still out but the runners don't need to tag up. If it is caught the runners need to tag up or risk getting doubled off.

Mound visits are not limited to 1 per inning. They are limited to 1 per pitcher per inning. On the second visit to the same pitcher in the same inning, he has to be removed from the game.

this is kind of like the nascar thing sunday. before it got rained out they were giong to put larson in the 5 even though he wouldn't get the points. well because they were under a red flag apparently the rule is ok but you still have to drop to the back of the longest line on the restart. now this didn't end up being an issue but me and my dad were discussing it and he's like why? i said probably because under caution that's exactly what would happen if you managed to not go a lap down (which at smaller tracks could happen) and i guess this is a fair way of evening it up. then i got thinking............. they don't usually have this happen under a red flag it's usually done under a caution or if desperate enough even ounder green flag conditions. so when was the last time this was done and did somebody have to go get the rule book to find out? i don't mean that to be insulting, but if you haven't' had to enforce rule 23.9a in 40 years, and most of the officials weren't working the last time that rule came up............. i'd have to look it up. i 'm not trying to insult the nascar guys, but i assume they don't have the whole rule book memorized especially for something that may never happen and may never have happened. and nascars been around 75 years. so when was the last time that rule had to be found out? like i said all the driver changes i've seen during a race has been u nder caution. and i've been a fan since the early 80's. i mean i 'd say it's safe to assume that hasn't happened much?

I think every baseball fan knows these rules

Even though only 3 outs are required - I'd like to see a Quadruple Play - where all 3 baserunners are put out, and also the batter.

Nothing strange about those rules. Play a season or two and you'll see most of those occur....aside from the umpires being treated so well.

10+ years calling games behind the plate.... no 2 games are the same, and you see some very weird plays. the rulebook covers them all. many rules are so strange that at clinic we have to act out the play so the rookies understand. best game in the world!!!!

If the proper batter is on base, he is skipped in the lineup and the next batter becomes the proper batter. This can only happen if the team has gotten away with batting out of order already in the inning.

if you're going to talk about bizarre rules you need to make sure you're getting them right. You're not doing a good job through infield fly and balk.

Regarding a missed or dropped third strike, with 2 outs a batter can attempt to advance on a dropped strike with or without a runner on 1st base.

I laugh at the Ground Rule double... it's NOT part of the ground rules.. it's actually merely a 2 base award from time of pitch. Ground rules are field/park specific.. that's not. I do know the uncaught 3rd strike comes from the very early days of the sport even before gloves.. it's considered that after strike 3.. it's a live ball.. if you catch it, its just like a line drive.. if you don't, it's treated as if you put it in play...again.. from the early Knickerbocker rules..

A catcher is allowed to catch the ball with his bare hand. He does not have to catch it in his glove.