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Thanks for the replies.
Even though I don't do much LL, I help out with the local league when they host a tournament and they have a State Tournament this year.
Please don't say that the rules are enforced as "black and white". How many balk discussions have I seen on here where the "veteran" consensus was "don't pick boogers"? Why is this different. It is a "time honored tradition" IMO. I played LL 30 years ago and it was done then. By the letter of the rule you shouldn't allow a "nice call blue" either. That is a comment referring to an umpire. Let's be real here.
Rule interpretations vary from the rule in many instances. For example, a couple of years ago the NFHS said that an out was to be given on a force even if the fielder wasn't on the bag but could have taken the ball on the bag but vacated it for safety reasons. They didn't change the rule, just told us how to interpret it. Same here. If the rules were meant to be "black and white", then why have interpretations????
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