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If this happened in softball, how would you rule?

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High School match last night. No LJs. Joust at the net and the ball lands right in front of the stand on my right, so I'm looking almost straight down at the top of the ball. I call it in and award the point to Team A on my left. My R2 comes to the stand and tells me he's 100% sure that it landed out.

Why does he know this when there are at least two players returning t...

Reading the 2026 Umpire Manual, it would appear that wearing shorts is not mentioned in the section of Umpire Uniform.

I know we've allowed shorts for umpires working slow pitch games locally. You can still buy "umpire shorts" online as well as socks.

Is there any definitive allowance for wearing shorts at slow pitch events? Nationals? What about socks? Ankle o...

Fed rules. A batted ball hits the top of the outfield fence and deflects over the fence in fair territory.

I just want to make sure I am interpreting this correctly. The batter is awarded 2 bases, not a home run. I am looking at rules 2.6.2 and 8.8.3.a and in the case book 8.3.3 situation H Ruling.

The Fed 2026 casebook (8.5.5 situation E) has a fly ball to F8. In part b the ball deflects off the top of the fence, strikes the fielder’s glove and ricochets over the fence in fair territory. The ruling given says the batter is awarded 2 bases. In c the ball deflects off the glove and over the fence and in d the ball deflects off the top of the fence and goes over the fence. T...