Thread: D3K differences
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Old Thu May 22, 2014, 12:24pm
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
OBR? They do softball now?
Only in a roundabout way when it comes to organizations like Little League and Babe Ruth (there may be others).

The LL Softball rule book is virtually verbatim with the Baseball counterpart, which is OBR based. LL has gotten better in changing the softball rules to be more in line with ASA. But for a while, LL Softball was nothing more than LL Baseball with a larger ball and underhand pitching.

I only brought it up because the OP mentioned OBR. Figured he wanted to know the differences for both sports.
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