OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULES

Rule 5.06(C) Three bases, if a fielder deliberately throws hisglove at and touches a fair ball. The ball is in playand the batter may advance to home base at hisperil;(D) Two bases, if a fielder deliberately touches athrown ball with his cap, mask or any part of hisuniform detached from its proper place on hisperson. The ball is in play;(E) Two bases, if a fielder deliberately throws his gloveat and touches a thrown ball. The ball is in play;Rule 5.06(b)(4)(B) through (E) Comment (Rule 7.05(b) through7.05(e) Comment): In applying (B-C-D-E) (b-c-d-e) the umpiremust rule that the thrown glove or detached cap or mask hastouched the ball. There is no penalty if the ball is not touched.Under (C-E) (c-e) this penalty shall not be invoked against afielder whose glove is carried off his hand by the force of a battedor thrown ball, or when his glove flies off his hand as hemakes an obvious effort to make a legitimate catch.(F) Two bases, if a fair ball bounces or is deflectedinto the stands outside the first or third base foullines; or if it goes through or under a field fence, orthrough or under a scoreboard, or through or undershrubbery or vines on the fence; or if it sticks insuch fence, scoreboard, shrubbery or vines;(G) Two bases when, with no spectators on the playingfield, a thrown ball goes into the stands, orinto a bench (whether or not the ball reboundsinto the field), or over or under or through a fieldfence, or on a slanting part of the screen above thebackstop, or remains in the meshes of a wirescreen protecting spectators. The ball is dead.When such wild throw is the first play by aninfielder, the umpire, in awarding such bases,shall be governed by the position of the runners atthe time the ball was pitched; in all other cases theumpire shall be governed by the position of therunners at the time the wild throw was made;28