Running Lane violation

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

Don't get me wrong sir. In the last 5 years of calling both OBR and FED games, I have called RLI exactly 1 time. It's not a call I'm itching to make. It is obvious from the responses that OBR guys look at this differently than FED guys and there may even be 100% agreement in each camp on this. However, I cannot see enough difference in the wording of the rules in both rulesets to warrant treating them differently. I was hoping for somthing out of a casebook or interpretation manual to explain the precedence you guys have pointed out other than just saying, "Thats how we all do it".
thanks.

Your right if you are relying on the rulesets alone your not going to find it. The federation Casebook is the difference here. Don't have it with me but it is well documented that RLI should be called if catchers throw the ball over the head of the first basemen. I don't agree with it either but that is their interpretation.