Monday, August 13, 2012
Diamond Defined: Manager To Overslide / Oversliding
From the 2006 book, The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated, by David Nemec, I will present Rule 2 of the Code - the definitions of baseball terms - over the course of the 2012 baseball season. Today’s terms are: Manager, Obstruction, Offense, Official Scorer, Out, Outfielder, Overslide/Oversliding.
Manager – a person appointed by the club to be responsible for the team’s actions on the field, and to represent the team in communications with the umpire and the opposing team. A player may be appointed manager.
Obstruction – the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.
Offense – the team, or any player of the team, at bat.
Official Scorer – the league president shall appoint an official scorer for each league championship game. The official scorer shall observe the game from a position in the press box. The scorer shall have sole authority to make all decisions involving judgment, such s whether a batter’s advance to first base is the result of a hit or an error. She shall communicate such decision to the press box and broadcasting booths by hand signals or over the press box loudspeaker system, and shall advise the public address announcer of such decisions if requested.
Out – one of the three required retirements of an offensive team during its time at bat.
Outfielder – a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base.
Overslide/Oversliding – the act of an offensive player when his slide to a base, other than when advancing from home to first base, is with such momentum that he loses contact with the base.
Images:
Left: Terry Francona, Manager of the Boston Red Sox 2004 to 2011 from the website sportsfan4.com
Center: “Diamond Defined” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Right: Jimmy Collins, Manager of the Boston Americans (later Red Sox) 1901 to 1906 from the website baseball-birthdays.com
Below: "Red Sox Box" logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Manager – a person appointed by the club to be responsible for the team’s actions on the field, and to represent the team in communications with the umpire and the opposing team. A player may be appointed manager.
Obstruction – the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.
Offense – the team, or any player of the team, at bat.
Official Scorer – the league president shall appoint an official scorer for each league championship game. The official scorer shall observe the game from a position in the press box. The scorer shall have sole authority to make all decisions involving judgment, such s whether a batter’s advance to first base is the result of a hit or an error. She shall communicate such decision to the press box and broadcasting booths by hand signals or over the press box loudspeaker system, and shall advise the public address announcer of such decisions if requested.
Out – one of the three required retirements of an offensive team during its time at bat.
Outfielder – a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base.
Overslide/Oversliding – the act of an offensive player when his slide to a base, other than when advancing from home to first base, is with such momentum that he loses contact with the base.
Images:
Left: Terry Francona, Manager of the Boston Red Sox 2004 to 2011 from the website sportsfan4.com
Center: “Diamond Defined” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Right: Jimmy Collins, Manager of the Boston Americans (later Red Sox) 1901 to 1906 from the website baseball-birthdays.com
Below: "Red Sox Box" logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
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