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		| Originally posted by DG 
 
	Same rule in Babe Ruth baseball, Cal Ripken league.Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by GarthB 
 
	It is a Little League rule, 7.13, I believe.  It is part of the their rule against "leaving early."Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by just another ref 
 
	Could you elaborate on this?Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by GarthB 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.)
 
 
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 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]
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