If a batter reaches first base because of offensive interference by a preceding runner ( including if a preceding runner is hit by a batted ball ), he is also credited with a hit.

If the team that batted second is substantially behind on first innings total, it may be required to bat again ( i. e., to immediately follow on from its first innings ) in the third innings of the match.

If a home run he hit during a rained out game had been counted in his season totals, he would have won the Triple Crown by leading the NL in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.

If the game is played more seriously, players take turns to bat and the player who batted for the most balls or the longest time is considered the winner.

If any additional runners advanced on the play because of the batted ball by the improper batter, they would have to return to the base they occupied at the time of the pitch.

If the pitcher is due to bat soon, and the outgoing fielder batted recently, the new pitcher will take the outgoing fielder's place in the batting order, thus delaying his next time at bat.

" If a runner has contact with a legally occupied base when he hinders a fielder attempting to make a play on a batted ball, the runner shall not be called out unless, in the umpire's judgment, such hindrance, whether it occurs in fair or foul territory, is intentional.

If they batted second they get 1 point for being within 50 runs, 2 points for being within 40 runs, 3 points for being within 30 runs, 4 points for being within 20 runs and 5 points for being within 10 runs.

If the catcher does not catch the batted ball coming straight back, it is an ordinary foul ball.

If a batted ball ( other than a foul tip ) is caught in flight, the batter is out — called a fly out — and all runners must tag up.

If a batted ball passes out of the playing field in flight and is fair, it is an automatic home run, entitling the batter and all runners to score without liability to be put out.

If no batsman has set foot on the field when the appeal is made, the batting captain may pick any player who has not yet batted as the one to be given out.

If the lead is too small, the runner has a disadvantage in reaching the next base, whether in a stolen base attempt or in connection with the next batted ball.

* If a batted ball hits a pitcher, the batter is out.

Jelly Gardner, who batted ahead of DeMoss on the American Giants, said of his teammate, " If he thought you'd be out trying to steal, he'd foul off the pitch if he couldn't hit it well.

If it's true that contented cows give more milk, why shouldn't happy ball players produce more base hits??

If the fielder bobbles the ball, the runner may still tag up, even before the fielder has full control of the ball ( before the fielder is credited with a putout ).

If the ball is dead on the pitch run on, such as from a foul ball ( except caught fly-out ), the steal is not allowed and the runner returns to his time-of-pitch base.

* If the third baseman fields a ball and throws it to first, it is recorded as a 5 – 3 out.

* Corollary If X is a Banach space, then X is reflexive if and only if X ′ is reflexive, which is the case if and only if its unit ball is compact in the weak topology.

If the ball has left the field along the sidelines, the referee must decide which team touched the ball last, and award a restart stroke to the opposing team, just like football's throw-in.

If the ball socket were too tight, the ink did not reach the paper.

If the ball has a rough surface, the fluid flowing past it will make it rotate.

If the player either hits the ball through the correct hoop (" runs " the hoop ), or hits another ball ( a " roquet "), the turn continues.

If a non-poison ball roquets a poison ball, the standard roqueting options apply, but if a poison ball travels through a wicket or hits a stake for any reason, it forfeits and is eliminated from the game.

If the hoop is the hoop in order for the striker ’ s ball, the striker earns a bonus stroke.

If a team fails to gain ten yards in two downs they usually punt the ball on third down or try to kick a field goal ( see below ), depending on their position on the field.

* If the defence scores on a safety ( bringing the ball down in the offence's own end zone ), they have the right to claim possession.

* If one team kicks the ball ; the other team has the right to recover the ball and attempt a return.

If a kicked ball goes out of bounds, or the kicking team scores a single or field goal as a result of the kick, the other team likewise gets possession.

* If the offence attempts a forward pass and it is intercepted by the defence ; the defence takes possession immediately ( and may try to advance the ball on the play ).

* If the offence fumbles ( a ball carrier drops the football, or has it dislodged by an opponent, or if the intended player fails to catch a lateral pass or a snap from centre, or a kick attempt is blocked by an opponent ), the ball may be recovered ( and advanced ) by either team.

If you were a man '' --

If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation.

If someone were to drop a match in here, this place would go up like a haystack ''.

If the other pilots were worried, they did not show it.

If it were the enemy, tactically his position was correct.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

If it were not that I knew who it was I could have mistaken it for my Aunt so well did her clothes fit him.

If an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.

If there were only darkness, all would be clear.

If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;

If these people were denied a voice ( do they have a moral right to a voice??

If we were creating a wholly new society, we could insist that our social, political, economic and philosophic institutions foster rather than hamper man ; ;

If living Jews were unavailable for study, the Bible was at hand.

If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.

If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.

If the Stearns were not there, grace would be omitted.

If anything, the conservative Democrats were more opposed to Hearst than the Republicans.

If the hardships of the winter at Valley Forge were trying for healthy men, they were, of course, much more so for those not in good health.

If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Amadee's daughter, Agnes, to the son of the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas, for Savoy and Dauphine were as usual fighting on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring the anti-French coalition, he would certainly never take the far more drastic step of ordering the return of Gascony to Edward, even though, as he admitted to the English ambassadors, he had been advised that the original cession was invalid.

If there were no West Berlin problem, imperialist quarters would have invented an excuse for stepping up the armaments race to try to solve the internal and external problems besetting the United States and its NATO partners.

If the new Soviet series has followed the general pattern of previous Russian tests, the shots were roughly half fission and half fusion, meaning a fission yield of 30 to 40 megatons thus far.

If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations??

If the UN troops are not mercenaries then the Hessians were not mercenaries either.

If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.