Illegal, but not

[RKBUmp]

Did that ruling happen to come from a USSSA UIC somewhere in the northeastern states? I traded some emails with an official somewhere in the NE that said he had a UIC who was a former member of the USSSA national rules committee that was teaching this in all the state rules meetings. If it is, as you can see from the USSSA case play I posted it is completely contrary to both the rule and the case play. It is rather unfortunate someone is apparently teaching an entire state group of officials the incorrect ruling and everyone seems to believe him since he is supposedly a former member of the rules committee.