Personally, I think that the runner on 3B should "disappear" only if he were the one to leave base early. What does one of the other runners leaving early have to do with the runner on 3B? But I don't write em, I just enforce em.

And I don't mind the little kids having different rules from the ones for players that shave.

I've umpired games on the small diamond where stealing was allowed and every walk was a triple.

I think LL has a pretty good rule that keeps players from getting an early jump, but doesn't eliminate them like softball (call them out).

--Rich

My sense of fair play is offended when a rule is designed to punish not the offender, but an "innocent bystander."

I think the LL rule stinks.

Pony was the same way.
 

When I was in TX they played Pony ball and it was the same way on the small diamonds.

Every kid that walked ended up on third base. (Until all-star time and then they had a catcher who could throw them out)

And the little pitchers could throw strikes from the windup, but once a runner was on they had to go to the stretch and many of them couldn't throw a strike.

Made for a long, slow game.

Dixie Youth is pretty similiar to LL as far as the lead off and its not a bad rule I don't think.

Thanks
David

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