LL Minn vs Iows

[Dave Hensley]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Carl Childress

1. Little League is the largest baseball organization in the world with hundreds of thousands of umpires, give or take a few thousand. There are many things wrong with them. I don't like tight bases. I don't like reentry in any spot in the line-up. I don't like a designated runner for the fat first baseman. I don't like it that the MUST PARTICIPATE rule goes by the wayside at tournament time.

Just as a point of edification:

re-entry in any spot in the lineup goes away during tournament play, and it goes away in regular season if the league adopts the optional continuous batting order rule;

the special pinch runner can now only run for the fat first baseman one time and one time only in the game - Fatty will have to get his exercise next time he gets on base;

the mandatory play rule is in effect during tournament play; however, it is more relaxed (3 outs and 1 at bat in tournament vs. 6 outs and 1 at bat in regular season) than in regular season.

By the way, Carl, the 17/18 yearold Big League team from Falfurrias, who represented their section in the Texas Big League tournament I worked last month, knew you and remembered your working some of their games (no doubt in a different league than their Little League team.)