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Old Wed May 24, 2017, 01:00pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by MT 73 View Post
The Little League rule book lists something like 13 possibilities when a runner leaves early, depending upon the situation.
None of which call for a runner to be declared out by the umpire.
Life would be simpler if they adopted the softball rule of dead ball, no pitch and runner is out.
It IS simple. Runners can only go as far as pushed by the batter's clean (and safe) advance.

Any outs achieved during the play count.
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