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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
Dave,
If I were to use this logic would LL 7.08 (a-3) be a rule derived not from OBR, but from FED?
Tim.
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Tim,
Probably this was a rhetorical question, but....
You'll notice that 7.08 (a-1) and (a-2) are exactly the same in OBR and in LL. Rules a-3 and a-4 (headfirst slide) are additions made by LL which don't match FED rules in language or intent. If you need an interpretation of the LL rulebook, you should use "The Right Call" and the RIM. If those publications don't address the issue, then my advice is to resort to OBR interpretations.
And in case the question wasn't rhetorical, let me add that the LL rules are most assuredly based on OBR, with a whole raft of changes mostly driven by the age and ability of the participants. Most of the changes do not resemble FED (or any other set of) rules, e.g. no leading off, red flags, the "poof rule", MPR. We can quite properly categorize them as Little League rules.