Little league ba goes to 2nd

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by Rcichon

In LL, you are "supposed" to throw a red flag...

I have not nor will I EVER throw a red flag.

Then why bother doing the games at all if you're not going to follow the rules? Isn't that what umpires are there for?

p.s. it doesn't have to be red, if that's what so offensive.

[Rcichon]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Then why bother doing the games at all if you're not going to follow the rules? Isn't that what umpires are there for?

p.s. it doesn't have to be red, if that's what so offensive.

Aside from the unappealing idea of throwing a flag in baseball....

If you know who Frank Policano and Doc Lantiere are, then you know they will tell you this: if you throw a red flag, you're on your own. They do not want you to throw the flag in any game above local League play. That means District games, Sectionals, State and (especially) Regional games.

If you don't know those two names, then suffice it to say that the 'Association' does not want you to use the Red Flag.

[aceholleran]

Originally Posted by Rcichon

In LL, you are "supposed" to throw a red flag...

I have not nor will I EVER throw a red flag.

In fact the closest thing I have is a red shirt in a glass case that says, "Do Not Break Open In An Emergency".



PS.: If the runner leaves early, it has to be blatant for me to send him back.

I threw one on Saturday. I average 1-3 per tournament season. Yes, we're not supposed to look for it. But when the violation is extremely obvious, the erring runner leaves me no choice.

ace

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by aceholleran

I threw one on Saturday. I average 1-3 per tournament season. Yes, we're not supposed to look for it. But when the violation is extremely obvious, the erring runner leaves me no choice.

ace

If you call it the first time you see it in a game, you usually don't have to worry about it for the rest of the game.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by aceholleran

I threw one on Saturday. I average 1-3 per tournament season. Yes, we're not supposed to look for it. But when the violation is extremely obvious, the erring runner leaves me no choice.

ace

Once you get to regionals you should look because:

TV Replay

where you can end up joining the club with the U2 that missed the gross base miss a few years back and the ULF that didn't see the hit or hear the clang when a batted ball hit off the foul pole.

[DG]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

What does F1 standing on the rubber have to do with anything?

Add another one to the myths. It starts in T ball where getting the ball back to the mound stops runners.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by DG

Add another one to the myths. It starts in T ball where getting the ball back to the mound stops runners.

Not in the LL book. May be a local rule.

[DG]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Not in the LL book. May be a local rule.

LL has a T ball rulebook?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by DG

LL has a T ball rulebook?

You make them up as you go along? Gotta have them written down somewhere.

It's not separate but the LL book has t-ball notes/exceptions.