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Originally posted by johnSandlin
This past July had the opportunity of being assigned to the 2003 14 and under baseball World Series in Canton, Michigan.
We played by American League rules, however the FED pitching rules, and FED reentry rules were added as well for the tournament.
None of the umpires knew this until we attended the mandatory umpire's meeting the night prior to the opening day of games for the World Series.
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Although you didn't say specifically, I'm assuming you worked the 14U AAA level USSSA Baseball World Series, which was held in Canton. If that's correct, I've very curious about your statement that the tournament used OBR with FED pitching rules.
USSSA tournament rules are published online at the USSSA website, and section 8.04 of the rules outlines the pitchign regulations that are to be enforced in addition to OBR pitching rules. There is no mention of FED (high school) rules, and the rules they impose certainly are not FED pitching rules. It strikes me as highly unusual that USSSA would change the rules from their published rules for their World Series, for no readily apparent reason.
Are you positive that the tournament actually implemented FED pitching rules in an otherwise OBR-based tournament, or is it possible that you're simply mistaking those 8.04 pitching regulations from the USSSA rules as being "FED" rules (which they're not)?