base running violation flag ??

mcrowder

SWFL - what rule set do you work? If ASA, then the DDB signal is not the correct one to use for a runner leaving the base early. The correct signal is the "She's OUT" signal, accompanied, of course, by a loud verbal "She's OUT!"

If you're working Dixie - go buy the silly flag... or I can send you mine!

Skahtboi

Originally posted by mcrowder
If you're working Dixie - go buy the silly flag... or I can send you mine!

You.....actually......have........one???? 🙄

whaddayouknow

Originally posted by Skahtboi
You.....actually......have........one???? 🙄

I did LL for a while but at the time, no one sold them. We had some in our organization that used red wash cloths.

I used a red shop rag, realizing it was a case of "You might be a red neck if..."

Dakota

Originally posted by whaddayouknow
I used a red shop rag, realizing it was a case of "You might be a red neck if..."

With or without the grease and tobaccy stains? 😀

SWFLguy

I currently work only high school ball
under the FHSAA which basically goes by the
National Federation rules. I know a runner
leaving a base early is an immediate dead ball
--OUT; was thinking maybe they used the red
flag somewhere for something like obstruction.

Skahtboi

Originally posted by SWFLguy
was thinking maybe they used the red
flag somewhere for something like obstruction.

Nope. It is for leaving the base early. In the younger divisions of Dixie softball, leaving the base early is not an out. Instead, it is a delayed dead ball. When all playing action has ceased, the offended team's coach has the option of taking whatever parts of the play he wants to take.

mcrowder

Yes, I have one, because of the one year that our local association chose to use the absurd Dixie ruleset.

Skahtboi

Originally posted by mcrowder
the absurd Dixie ruleset.

Man! You just said a mouthful!!!

mcrowder

Let me say one thing to anyone considering going with Dixie rules out there...

Our girls, even the good teams that succeeded in the Dixie Tournament, were seriously outclassed when they went back to ASA and tried to compete outside the area. Just don't do it!

SWFLguy

ah !!
thanks for the info--I was not aware of that
"Dixie" rule !

U of M Sam

I was not aware of the Dixie "red flag" rule as those set of rules are minimal or non-existant within the area that I umpire (West Michigan). I know "the flag" is for leaving base early in LL Major baseball (12 year old and under) although I have never seen it used. Other than the "Dixie" rule mentioned, there is no use, to my knowledge, for the flag within LL softball or NFHS softball.