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Originally Posted by yawetag
They do?
3-3-1q: A ... player ... shall not leave their positions or bench area for the purpose of fighting or physical confrontation.
PENALTY: The umpire shall eject the offender from the game.
3.1.1PP: R1 slides hard into F4. R1 and F4 begin pushing each other. F6 and the on-deck batter run to second base to break up the fight. RULING: All are ejected. Once F6 and the on-deck batter left their positions and advanced toward the fight, they were in violation of the rule.
I see no leeway in the penalty.
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Totally agree with Yawetag. No one has presented any rationale why the rule should be ignored. This is a high school game for crying out loud! You want to teach a lesson - eject everyone and let them both forfeit their respective next games. I am not a big fan of FED but sometimes their "
special" rules make a lot of sense as in the FPSL (see Swisher break twins F4 leg) and as in this case.