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Originally Posted by jicecone
The problem is that all books recommend 37 feet from HP, based upon a field similar to MLB baseball, which is seldom the case for most youth ball. Most fields that youth ball plays on do NOT have a 60 ft backstop distance. Therefore the ondeck circle is usally closer and at a more direct angle than normal.
To not allow a player to be in a safer location because of this is just being way too OOO. Maybe you should be going after the parks Dept. director, Mayor or local officials but, heavens sake, we should all use some common sense here.
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Maybe this is a regional thing, but I haven't worked a single game in the 11 years I've lived in this area where a team tried to use the other circle. Probably cause it wouldn't be allowed...
One's OOO is another's expected practice.