Throughout baseball's history, the rules have frequently changed as the game continues to evolve. A few typical rules most professional leagues have in...

of rules and bureaucracy. During the 1892 season rules for the game of "baseball" were agreed and the game was officially codified. Finnish baseball, also...

which he mentioned the unwritten rules of baseball. Baseball is a game played with bat and ball and governed by rules set forth by a committee under the...

American tort law, the Baseball Rule is an exculpatory clause applicable to baseball games with spectators; it holds that a baseball team or its sponsoring...

the league, the rules continued to gradually approach those of baseball. By the final season in 1954, the ball was regulation baseball size, the mound...

Ground rules are rules applying to the field, objects on and near it, and special situations relating to them, in the game of baseball. Major League Baseball...

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Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, within which, Rule 4 governs the "First-Year Player Draft".: 47–62  Due to its place in the rules book, MLB's amateur...

disregarded. Starting with the Knickerbocker Rules in 1845, and the National League Rules in 1877, the rules of baseball have evolved over time. The 2014 edition...

basis for the rules of the modern game, although this is disputed. The rules are informally known as the "New York style" of baseball, as opposed to...

college baseball game under the Knickerbocker Rules still in use today was played in New York on November 3, 1859, between the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club...

York City's Knickerbocker Club, produced a code of baseball rules now called the Knickerbocker Rules. The practice, common to bat-and-ball games of the...

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League (NL) was created, and standard rules and regulations were put in place. A.G. Spalding, a well-known baseball pitcher who made his own balls, convinced...

this section refer to those described within the Baseball Rules, under which Major League Baseball is played. The starting point for much of the action...

rules are essentially those of Major League Baseball (MLB), but technical elements are slightly different: The Nippon league uses a smaller baseball,...

South Wales Baseball Association, (still playing under English Baseball Association rules), who in turn were replaced by the Welsh Baseball Union. The...

who play defense. In Major League Baseball, the position is authorized by Rule 5.11 of the Official Baseball Rules. It was adopted by the American League...

the rule in execution is the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983. Rules 1.10 and 6.06 were later changed to reflect the intent of Major League Baseball, as...

The infield fly rule is a rule of baseball and softball that treats certain fly balls as though caught, before the ball is caught, even if the infielder...

Baseball personnel have cheated by deliberately violating or circumventing the game's rules to gain an unfair advantage against an opponent. Examples...

automatic double (or rule-book double) is commonly called a ground rule double. Major League Baseball (MLB) has a set of universal ground rules that apply at...

the previous count. The balk rule in Major League Baseball was introduced in 1898. According to the Official Baseball Rules: "Umpires should bear in mind...

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planes extending up from the edges of home plate. The official rules of Major League Baseball define the top of the strike zone as the midpoint between the...

play in the major leagues. The Rule 5 draft is named for its place in The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book. The Rule 4 draft—more widely known as...

Professional Baseball Rules Book is organized into the following sections: Major League Constitution Major League Rules Professional Baseball Agreement Basic...

roster into Minor League Baseball. MLB player transactions are governed by The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book. Rule 2(k), titled "Designated...

The bonus rule was a contractual rule affecting major league baseball intermittently between 1947 and 1964, meant to prevent teams from assigning certain...

of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal rules using...