Babe Ruth

[His High Holiness]

Originally posted by wobster
I got contracted for my first babe ruth game last night. I have a few questions....

I have been told that babe ruth uses FED rules, but I thought I saw on here that they used modified OBR. Which is it?

How big is your strike zone with this age? I was thinking about an inch and a 1/2 on the outside, none on the inside, nothing high, and at the tops of the knees. Sound Good? Too Big? Too Small?

Thanks guys.

Wobster;

Babe Ruth runs from age 13 to 19. The size of the strike zone depends a lot on the age. (I give an inch and a half at the NCAA level on the outside. At NCAA, I also try to give an inch on the inside.) When I did Babe Ruth, it was 3 inches inside, 6 inches outside, nothing at the knees and up to the armpits. I made it slightly smaller for the older ones.

ALL Babe Ruth leagues are supposed to use OBR but I am sure that there is a ba$tardized version of Babe Ruth somewhere that might use FED. Ask your partner or ask at the plate conference.

Babe Ruth has several safety and participation rules but since I no longer do Babe Ruth, I cannot remember all of them. Some are:

Malicious contact, 10 man batting order, reentry, second visit to pitcher eliminates player as pitcher, no tobacco.

Peter

[Edited by His High Holiness on Jun 24th, 2004 at 08:40 AM]