MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FED AND OBR
In games played under National Federation rules:
1. The pitching restrictions begin when the pitcher "intentionally contacts
the pitcher’s plate."
2. The pitcher may not attempt a pick-off from the wind-up position. Penalty:
balk.
3. The pitcher must stand with his non-pivot foot on or behind a line extending
through the front edge of the pitcher’s plate. (OBR: the line of demarcation
is the back edge.)
4. When he is in contact with the pitcher’s plate in the wind-up position,
any movement of the pitching hand commits the pitcher to deliver. Penalty: balk.
Note: With no runners on, umpires have been instructed by the National Federation
not to call an illegal pitch (Penalty: ball) when the pitcher, after moving
his pitching hand, stops momentarily before pitching.
5. When he is in contact with the pitcher’s plate, a pitcher may not turn
his shoulders to check a runner. Penalty: balk.
6. The starting pitcher may have eight warm-up throws delivered in one minute,
timed from the first throw. Between innings the pitcher may have one minute to
deliver five warm-up tosses, timed from the last out of the previous half inning.
A relief pitcher, whether he enters during or at the beginning of a half inning,
may make eight tosses with no time limit.
7. The ball is immediately dead following a balk or illegal pitch.
8. With a runner on base, infractions of the pitching rules result in a balk;
with the bases empty, an illegal pitch.
9. The pitcher may not touch his pitching hand to his mouth while on the pitcher’s
plate. Penalty: balk.
10. After touching his mouth with his pitching hand, the pitcher may not touch
the ball with that hand unless he has wiped it off. Penalty: balk.
11. The pitcher must pitch or make a play within 20 seconds after receiving the
ball, with or without runners. (OBR: the 20-second rule is in effect only when
the bases are empty.)
12. The pitcher may not wear an exposed undershirt with white or gray sleeves.
Penalty: The pitcher must obtain a legal shirt. Failure to do so results in ejection.
13. A white, gray, or multi-colored glove or mitt is prohibited. Penalty: The
pitcher must obtain a legal glove/mitt. Failure to do so results in ejection.
FED PITCHING RULES
• Major differences between FED and OBR
• Major similarities between FED and OBR
• Balks
• Non-balks
• Conferences
• Substitution
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