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(1) Baserunners are allowed to lead-off after the ball leaves F1's hand (but can not steal). If the ball is not hit (or fouled) and lands anywhere except in front of the plate (dead ball if in front) then F2 can throw to the base for a force out if the runner doesn't return to the base in time.
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(2) Pitch height is 3'-12' (I saw 6' - 12' in the rule book) but it isn't a strike unless it hits the plate. A comment: The 12' height is a pain in my butt to judge consistently, but that will come with practice.
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(3) In Co-ed when the man is walked w/o a strike on him he gets two bases. The following woman gets the option of walking or hitting. I saw in the rules that the woman has to hit unless there are two outs.
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In Co-Ed, the male ALWAYS gets two bases on a walk. The female must always bat if there are less than two outs. When there are two outs, the female may choose to bat or take a walk.
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(4) Also we do not verbalize illegal pitches. We hold our left arm out and leave it to the other offensive players to tell the batter.
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