Little League - grounds for forfeit

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by Berkut

OK, I am a basketball and football official, and have no experience officiating baseball. So I am coming at this from a parent standpoint.

During my sons recent 10 year old LL game,


My sons team won the game by a handy margin, and the other coaches went to the board or whatever, and we just found out that the game would be forfeit as a result of the illegal pitching.

IMO, MAJOR problem in youth sports. This is 10 yr. old baseball WHO CARES who wins.

no matter what sport at that age it should be about teaching / developing NOT who wins and loses.

It's the ADULTS who filed the protest to win a GAME in which they got drilled.


What ever happened to the good ole days of pick-up games where we made up our own rules / no umpires / no coaches and simply played.

Pete Booth