Throwing to an unoccupied base!

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

Some of the FED differences make sense to me and some are are very surprising to me. I'm scheduled to work my first game covered under these rules this coming Tuesday (Freshmen). I'd like to know them as well as I'm able.

So, I am inclined to believe you regarding the proper FED interpretation (and Bob J., and Tim Stevens), but how the heck am I supposed to learn these things?

My advice is to "forget" everthing you know from an umpire's perspective about OBR. Then, re-read re-learn the FED rules form scratch. Then after yuo "know" FED and "know" OBR, you can compare the two to learn the differences.

For example, in the play at hand, if you learned FED rules first, you would have answered, "F1 can throw to second if R1 even feints an advance." I would have responded, 'In OBR, R1 must actually be advancing."

IMO, learning one then trying to memorize the 456 differences is not the way to go.

For your game on Tuesday, go to the FVB web-site and download my list of the 25 most important differences, IMO. Note however, that it hasn't been updated in a few years.