Venting / Should I be upset?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Pete,

Here you said the SPR is a "local," not a Little League, rule:

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

Personally I do not "beat myself up" over local league rules. The SPR is one such rule.

Here you restated the same premise:

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

It's one thing to blow a "true" rule and it's quite another when you mess up one of those local league rules.

Here again you are saying that the SPR is a "local league rule" and that it is more important to study and learn the rules of the game (of which the SPR is one):

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

Summary: When doing youth leagues that have all kinds of local league rules such as LL do not "beat yourself up" if you mess one of them up. IMO it's no BIGGIE. It's more important to study and learn the rules of the game then be worried about a local league rule.

Once again, you are saying that CI is more important than the SPR rule, which it isn't. They are both equally important:

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

I feel more embarrased as an umpire if I screw up CI followed by a play rather than some SPR rule.

Then, after being told that the SPR is in the book, you spin it like this:

Originally Posted by PeteBooth

As mentioned, unless you are strictly a LL umpire, the sub rules are UNIQUE to LL, hence my terminology "Local league Rules"

Little League Baseball is a huge organization, and they take their rule book very seriously. It seems as you are dismissing the importance of the technical aspects of Rule 7.14, which are very specific in nature, and very important to a team's strategy.

I am wondering why you just didn't say, "Steve, I was unaware of this rule, and now that I know it's in the rule book, I will not call it a 'local league rule' in the future."

Instead, you totally dismissed my post, which I researched and took the time to post the information therein. You could at least acknowledge my contribution, and not ignore it completely.

Steve