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Old Tue May 25, 2004, 12:05am
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Dixie Boys baseball player under Official Baseball Rules.


Youth leagues have added, deleted, modified and at times have outright re-written the rules. Some youth leagues have changed the obstruction rule and one even invented a rule in which a runner just plain disappears. (He's not out, he didn't score, he's just gone.)
Could you elaborate on this?
It is a Little League rule, 7.13, I believe. It is part of the their rule against "leaving early."

Basically, if bases are loaded and a runner leaves early when a ball is bunted or hit in teh infield for a single, the runner at third evaporates, disappears. (the “POOF!” rule”): He is not allowed to score and he is not counted as being out. He's just gone.

[Edited by GarthB on May 24th, 2004 at 03:28 AM]
Same rule in Babe Ruth baseball, Cal Ripken league.
Sorry to hear that.
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