I agree that knowing other rules sometimes adds credibility when explaining a rule; but I rarely have to "instruct" anyone who thinks HARDball rules and I barely have enough time to keep up with 6 sets of SOFTball rules. I don't object very much to umpires mentioning HARDball rules on this forum as long as they are clearly separated, not used to answer a SOFTball question and don't expect me to remember them
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Yes, the PU has the stealing runner from 1st on an overthrow if the BU is in B; but I object to anyone saying I
can't get there from B. As soon as the ball is past, I'm hooking inside the bases anyway.