[Rich Ives]

I'm having a hard enough time with OBR without having to learn a new book ;-)

Seriously, OBR is what the kids and parents see on TV or at the local minor league park. We have a hard enough time as is without having to explain "Well it's different here" on top of it.

Between OBR and FED, as most youth leagues (not just LL)are OBR based, I'd bet that multiple-times as many games are played under OBR as are under FED. It would seem to the that FED is the oddball here.

The highly visible differences between OBR and LL are MPR, pitching limits, no lead-offs, and slide/avoid.

The first three wouldn't change no matter what the rules base. FED leaves pitching up to the states so there isn't consistency there anyhow.

Slide/avoid vs. the FED slide rule?? Do we care?

Appeals just self corrected, so to speak, except for the weird dead ball appeal bit.

What advantages would you anticipate in a LL conversion to FED?