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Jicecone...you're right. Kids at this level couldn't care less if they win or lose, and they should not be worried about any silly rules that make no sense. When they ask me why little johnny for the other team can leave the base early and we can't. I'll tell them just to be happy they live in a free country and to go enjoy a coke and some nachos.
Seriously, J, that particular piece of my posts on this subject was to illustrate how needless this rule is. I would not try to do this. We did, however, have a game last night where a kid was literally going halfway to third before the ball was even put in the machine. He was a poor baserunner, and this could have given him an advantage avoiding the force out.
My point, and main question is, this rule should not apply to machine pitch, because Cal Ripken rules already state there is no stealing in machine pitch. My league decided to allow stealing, but still tries to enforce this rule, which I think is crazy.
[Edited by MarionTiger on Jun 8th, 2004 at 09:07 AM]
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