LL is getting like the Olympics

[mick]

Originally posted by DrC.
Which Leads to me to this statement/question. Isn't a head first slide towards a base that you have not occupied illegal in Little League baseball?? I thought this was put in around 1998/1999. Maybe it was a local rule... I guess it isn't illegal because if it is was, the last run scored by Japan in the finals would have to been disallowed.

Dr.C,
Yes, the head first slide is illegal in Little League.
However, in the instance of which you speak, I think the slide was initiated by the runners feet actually being propelled forward and to the right side, as opposed to the head and arms being propelled forward.
A great slide, I thought. Very athletic and legal.
mick