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Originally Posted by jicecone
NJ ,you have to understand, if you have been asked to officiate Am Legion ball then you should have had enough experience to know that info, been better trained by your association or had that self determinations to be cracking the books for that type of info.
Good Luck
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Could you please direct me to an authoratative book that lists which situations a failure to touch a base on a force out should result in an out.
My gut tells me no one of consequence would publish this notion for amateur ball. As someone already said, the FPSR rules have negated the need.
Now the only reason to allow it is because an old dog may not be able to learn a new trick.
I also doubt that even before FPSR there was an authoratative source publishing the approval of the nieghborhood out.
Therefore it was an allowance made by the umpires in certain regions at certain levels and such practice passed down by veteran to rookies or rookies at that level.
So njdev may be a very good ump and just not familiar with this particular level of ball. By asking the vets here on this forum for a little insight on the culture of AL ball he's shown wisdom and insight to recognize that there are differences in accepted practices between different levels of ball and is showing respect to the veterans, the league and the game by asking the question.