R8 Sec. 2. BATTER-RUNNER IS OUT.

a. (FP ONLY) When the catcher drops the third strike and the batter-runner is legally touched with the ball while off base or thrown out prior to reaching first base.
b. When a fielder legally catches a fly ball before it touches the ground, or any object or person other than a defensive player.
c. When, after hitting a fair ball, he is tagged while off base or thrown out prior to reaching first base.
d. When he fails to advance to first base and instead enters his team area
1. After a fair ball is hit, or
2. After a base on balls is issued, or
3. Anytime that he may legally advance to first base.
e. When an Infield Fly is declared.

EFFECT - Sec. 2a-e:  
The ball is in play and runners may advance at their own risk.

EXCEPTION: When the ball is dead on an intentional base on balls, or (FP ONLY) on a batter hit by a pitch, or (SP ONLY) on a base on balls, the batter-runner is not out and runners cannot advance unless forced.

f. When, after he hits a fair ball, he touches only the fair portion of the double base on his first attempt at that base and a play is made at the base.
EFFECT – Sec. 2f:  
This is an appeal play and the defensive team loses the privilege of putting the batter-runner out, if the appeal is not made before he returns to the fair portion of first base, after over-running the base.

g. When he
1. Runs outside the one meter (3 ft) line and, in the umpire's judgment, interferes with
(a) The fielder taking the throw at first base, or
(b) The thrown ball, preventing a fielder from making a play at first base.
NOTE: A thrown ball striking a batter-runner does not necessarily constitute interference.
2. Interferes with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball.
NOTE: The batter-runner may run outside the one-meter line to avoid a fielder attempting to field the batted ball.
3. Interferes with a fielder attempting to throw a ball.
4. Intentionally interferes with a thrown ball.
5. Interferes with a fair-batted ball (out of the batter's box) before reaching first base.
6. (FP ONLY) Interferes with a dropped third strike.
7. Throws his bat, after batting the ball, in such a manner as to cause interference with a fielder’s opportunity to make an out.
NOTE - Sec. 2g (1-7): If this interference is, in the umpire’s judgment, an obvious attempt to prevent a double play, the runner closest to home plate at the time of the interference shall also be called out.

h. When he interferes with a play at home plate in an attempt to prevent an obvious out at the plate.
NOTE: The runner is also out.
i. When he steps back toward home plate to avoid or delay a tag by a fielder.
j. If, when using the double base in a force play situation, he touches only the fair portion of the base and collides with a fielder who is about to catch a thrown ball and who is also using the fair portion of the base.
k. When a member of the team at bat, who is not a batter, batter-runner, runner or on-deck batter,  interferes with a fielder attempting to catch a batted foul fly ball or with a foul fly ball that a fielder is attempting to catch.
EXCEPTION:
If this interference occurs while there are runners on base, then the runner closest to home at the time of the interference is out.
NOTE:  In this case the batter-runner returns to bat with an additional strike on the foul ball, provided the count prior to hitting the ball was less than two strikes.
(1) (FP ONLY) If this interference is the third out, the batter-runner will return to bat as the lead off batter in the next inning, with the original ball and strike count cancelled.
(2) (SP ONLY) If this is the third strike, the batter-runner is also out, unless the third out of the inning was the runner interference call, in which case the batter-runner shall be considered  to have completed his turn at bat.
EFFECT - Sec. 2g-k:
The ball is dead and all runners must return to the last base legally touched at the time of the pitch.

EXCEPTION:  If a play is made on a runner prior to the interference, and
1.   An out is made on the runner; the result of that play shall stand.
2. No out is made on the runner; the result of that play shall stand, unless the interference by the batter-runner is the third out.  Other runners not played on must return to the last base legally held at the time of the pitch

R8 Sec. 9. THE RUNNER IS OUT.

a. When, while running to any base in regular or reverse order, he runs more than 0.91m (3 ft) from the base path to avoid being touched by the ball in the hand(s) of a fielder.
b. When, while the ball is in play and he is not in contact with a base, he is legally touched with the ball in the hand(s) of a fielder.
c. When, on a force play, a fielder
1. While holding the ball, contacts the base to which the runner is forced to advance.
2. Touches the ball to the base before the runner reaches the base.
3. Tags the runner before he reaches the base.
NOTE: If a forced runner, after touching the next base, retreats for any reason toward the base he had last occupied, the force play is reinstated.
d. When, while the ball is in play, he fails to return to touch the base he previously occupied or missed and a legal appeal is made.
e. When anyone, other than another runner, physically assists him while the ball is in play or when the ball
becomes dead after a home run or an award of bases.
NOTE:  If a fly ball is caught on the play, the batter-runner will also be out.
EFFECT – Sec. 9 a-e:  The ball remains in play
EXCEPTION to Effect Sec. 9 e:  When the runner is assisted after a home run or an award of bases, the ball remains dead.
f. When he physically passes a preceding runner before that runner has been called out.
EFFECT - Sec. 9f:
The ball remains in play.  
EXCEPTION: When the runner passes a preceding runner during a dead ball play, the ball will remain dead. If the ball becomes a foul ball or an uncaught fly foul ball, the runner who passes is not out.
g. When he leaves his base to advance to another base before a caught fly ball has touched a fielder.
h. When he fails to touch the intervening base, or bases, in regular or reverse order.
EXCEPTION:  If a runner is obstructed at a base preventing the runner from touching that base.
i. When the batter-runner becomes a runner by touching first base, passes it, then attempts to run to second base and is legally touched with the ball in the hand(s) of a fielder, while off base.
j. When, in running or sliding for home plate, he fails to touch it, makes no attempt to return to it and a fielder holds the ball in his hand(s), while touching the plate, and appeals to the umpire for a decision.
EFFECT - Sec. 9g-j:  
These are appeal plays and the runner will not be out unless the appeal is made legally.
1. Appeals may be made while the ball is alive or dead, but the defensive team loses the privilege of making an appeal if it is not made
(a) Before the next legal, or illegal, pitch.
(b) Before all fielders have clearly vacated their normal fielding positions and have left fair territory on their way to the bench or dugout area.  If a fielder makes the appeal, the fielder must be in the infield when making the appeal.
(c) In the case of the last play of the game, before the umpires have left the field of play.
2. (FP ONLY) Runners may leave their base during live ball appeal plays when
(a) The ball leaves the pitcher's circle, or
(b) The ball leaves the pitcher's possession, or
(c) The pitcher makes a throwing motion indicating a play or fake throw.
3. DEAD BALL APPEAL. Once the ball has been returned to the infield and "Time" has been called, or the ball becomes dead, any defensive team member in the infield, with or without possession of the ball, may make a verbal appeal on a runner missing a base, or leaving a base too soon on a caught fly ball. The administering umpire should acknowledge the appeal, and then make a decision on the play. No runner may leave his base during this period, as the ball remains dead until the next pitch.

EXCEPTION: A runner who has left a base too soon on a caught fly ball, or who has missed a base, may attempt to return to such base while the ball is dead.

NOTE: (a) If the ball goes out of play, the dead ball appeal cannot be made until the plate umpire places a new ball into the game.
(b) If the pitcher has possession of the ball and is in contact with the pitching plate when making a verbal appeal, no Illegal Pitch is called.
(c) If the umpire has declared “Play Ball” and the pitcher then requests an appeal, the umpire would again call “Time” and allow the appeal process.
4. Additional out appeals may be made after the third out as long as they are made properly and are made to remove a run, or made to reinstate the correct batting order.
k. When he is struck with an untouched fair-batted ball in fair territory while off base, and in the umpire's judgment, any fielder had an opportunity to make an out.
l. When he intentionally kicks a ball that a fielder has missed.
m. When he interferes with a fielder attempting to field a fair-batted ball, regardless of whether the ball has first been touched by another fielder, including the pitcher, or intentionally interferes with a thrown ball.
NOTE – Sec. k-m: If this interference, in the judgment of the umpire, is an obvious attempt to prevent a double play, the immediate succeeding runner shall also be called out.
n. When he interferes with a fielder attempting to catch a batted foul fly ball or with a foul fly ball that a fielder is attempting to catch, in which case the batter-runner returns to bat with an additional strike on the foul ball, provided the count prior to batting the ball was less than two strikes.
(i) (FP ONLY) If this interference is the third out, the batter-runner will return to bat as the lead off batter in the next inning, with the original ball and strike count cancelled.
(ii) (SP ONLY) If this is the third strike, the batter-runner is also out, unless the third out of the inning was the runner interference call, in which case the batter-runner shall be deemed to have completed his turn at bat.
o. When, after a runner, batter or batter-runner has been declared out, or after a runner has scored, the runner, batter or batter-runner interferes with a defensive player’s opportunity to make a play on another runner.  A runner continuing to run and drawing a throw will be considered a form of interference.  
NOTE: The runner closest to home plate, at the time of the interference, will be called out.
p. When one or more members of the offensive team stand at, or collect around, a base to which a runner is advancing, thereby confusing the fielders and adding to the difficulty of making the play.
NOTE: Members of a team include batboy or any other person authorized to sit on the team's bench.
q. When the coach near third base runs in the direction of home plate on or near the baseline, while a fielder is attempting to make a play on a batted or thrown ball, and thereby draws a throw to home plate.
NOTE: It is the runner closest to home plate that shall be called out.
r. When a coach or any member of the team playing offense, who is not a batter, batter-runner, on-deck batter or runner:
1. Intentionally interferes with a thrown ball while in the coach's box, or
2. Interferes with the defensive team's opportunity to make a play on a runner, or batter-runner.
NOTE: It is the runner closest to home plate, at the time of the interference, which shall be declared out.
s. When a defensive player has the ball, and is waiting for the runner, and the runner remains on his feet and deliberately crashes into the defensive player.  
NOTE: If the act is determined to be flagrant, the offender shall be ejected.
EFFECT - Sec. 9k-s:  
The ball is dead and other runners must return to the last base legally held at the time of the interference, unless forced to advance because the batter became a batter-runner.
t. When he runs bases in reverse order, or off the base line, while not attempting to advance, either to confuse the fielders or to make a travesty of the game.
EFFECT – Sec. 9t:  
The ball is dead and all other runners must return to the last base legally held at the time of the runner being declared out, unless forced to advance because the batter became a batter-runner.
u. (SP ONLY) When he fails to keep contact with the base to which he is entitled, until a pitched ball touches the ground, reaches home plate, or is batted.
v. (FP ONLY) When he fails to keep contact with the base to which he is entitled, until a legally pitched ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
EFFECT – Sec. 9u-v:  
The ball is dead, a "No Pitch" is declared and other runners must return to the last base legally held at the time of the pitch.
w. (FP ONLY)  When he is legitimately off his base after a pitch, or as a result of a batter completing his turn at bat and, while the pitcher has the ball within the pitcher's circle, he does not immediately return to his base, or attempt to advance to the next base.
EFFECT - Sec. 9w:  
1. The ball is dead and all other runners must return to the last legally held base at the time of the runner being declared out.
2. Failure to immediately proceed to the next base, or return to his base, once the pitcher has the ball within the pitcher's circle, shall result in the runner being declared out.
3. Once the runner returns to a base for any reason, he shall be declared out if he leaves said base.
EXCEPTION – Sec. 9w:  A runner shall not be declared out if:
1.  A play is made on him or another runner (a fake throw is considered a play), or
2. The pitcher no longer has possession of the ball within the pitcher’s circle, or
3. The pitcher releases the ball by a pitch to the batter.
NOTE: A base on balls, or dropped third strike in which the runner is entitled to run, is treated the same as a batted ball. The batter-runner may continue past first base, and is entitled to run toward second base, as long as he does not stop at first base. If he stops after he rounds first base, he then must comply with EFFECT – Sec. 9v-2.
x. When he abandons a base and enters his team area, or leaves the field of play, while the ball is alive.
y. When he positions himself behind, and not in contact with, a base to get a running start on any fly ball.
EFFECT - Sec. 9x-y:  
The ball remains live.
z. When a batter-runner, interferes with a play at home plate, in an attempt to prevent an obvious out on an advancing runner at the plate.
EFFECT – Sec. 9z:  
The ball is dead, the batter-runner is also declared out, and the other runners must return to the last base held at the time of the pitch.
aa. When runners switch positions on the bases.
EFFECT – Sec. 9 aa.
This is an appeal play.  When properly appealed, each runner discovered to have switched positions on the bases shall be declared out and the Head Coach shall be ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
NOTE:  The appeal can be made any time until all runners, who switched positions are in the dugout or the inning is over.  If one of the runners who switched bases is on a base, both he and all runners who had switched bases will be out, even if they had scored, and any run(s) scored by improper runners will be nullified.

R8 Sec. 10. THE RUNNER IS NOT OUT  

o When a fielder makes a play on a runner while using an illegal glove.
NOTE: A pitch by the pitcher is not considered making a play.
EFFECT – Sec. 10o:  
The manager of the offended team has the option of
1. Taking the result of the play, or
2. Having the entire play nullified, with runners returning to the last base held at the time of the play.  
EXCEPTION to Effect Sec. 10 0 (2):   If the play was the result of the completion of the batter’s turn at bat, that player resumes batting, assuming the ball and strike count he had prior to completing his turn at bat, and runners are returned to the bases held at the time of the pitch..
p. A coach unintentionally interferes with a thrown ball or batted fair ball while in the coaches’ box.