Little League Questions?

[PeteBooth]

Originally Posted by jackthyref

1. Is there courtesy runners in little league?

2. If so how many times can the same person run for the pitcher or catcher and can they still come into the game as a batter or fielder after being a courtesy runner?

3. Let's say you are pinch runner. You come into the game for the batter that just got on base. The batter re-enters the game. What are pinch runners options now? How many times can you pinch run before you are not aloud to re-enter the game as a fulltime player?

4. Do you have to slide at Home Plate in Little League?

5. What is the correct call when a pitch lodges into a fence after a pass ball from the catcher with a runner on first base? Count is 1-0.

Tim and Rich have given you good responses and I will ad this.

I too started in LL but the one thing that drove me crazy and I still do not like is that in LL there is one set of rules for the regular season and then another set come Tournament time.

Depending upon your league, if you umpire many games, the LL rules during the regular season start to become second nature and then the tournament comes and without thinking you might apply a regular season rule to the tournament.

Here's an example of what I am talking about.

Tim quoted you the substitution rule. Notice in the regular season a player can re-enter IN ANY POSITION IN THE BATTING ORDER. Come tournament time, the batting order remains IN TACT meaning you can only re-enter in the same spot in the batting order.

The pitching regs also change come tournament time.

Dave Hensley who I haven't seen post in quite sometime was a major contributor to this as well as other Forums. Every-year around LL tournament time, he posted in a PDF Format a Chart which showed the rules for the Tournament by LL Division. Hopefully Dave will return and you can download that file when All Star Time approaches. In any event, pay close attention to the tournament rule changes because without thinking you might apply a regular season rule which is not applicable come tournament time.

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