You'd think that with all that "guidance" they could go ahead and make a rule. :rolleyes:

I ejected one LL player last season. He struck out and helicoptered his bat to the fence. Team only had 9 players. Saved me about 2 additional hours of umpiring.

Intentionally firing your bat is entirely different. They get dumped, no matter what.

Agreed.

I guess my LL experience is a bit skewed -- I don't work small diamond in the regular season. By the time I get the kids (in Juniors), they aren't flinging their bats.

I still think that the one way to stop the flinging is to warn than eject. After the kid sits a game, he won't fling anymore and the teammates will see that they can't do it and get away with it, either.

What I should have said is that the league I have worked for has such a rule in place. They've had a lot of issues with kids throwing bats.

If your league is indeed affiliated with Little League, a local rule would not be valid without a waiver from Williamsport. Can't change the playing rules on your own.

There not.

But that's what we're talking about here.