Wed May 26, 2004, 12:33am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Originally posted by GarthB
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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by just another ref
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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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Could you elaborate on this?
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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]
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Same rule in Babe Ruth baseball, Cal Ripken league.
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Sorry to hear that.
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I've umpired games on the small diamond where stealing was allowed and every walk was a triple.
I think LL has a pretty good rule that keeps players from getting an early jump, but doesn't eliminate them like softball (call them out).
--Rich
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