10 & Under / Stealing Home

[Bandit]

Did a local 10 & Under tournament this past weekend. Not bad ball over all and for the most part reminded me why it's still a game. Most of these girls play only in the league and won't play much more this summer. So it's big tournament for most of them and the coaches. These are the tournaments that can really test some rules knowledge because the unexpected can happen on a regular basis. Can someone please explain the ASA reason for not allowing the stealing of home. With the defense still being allowed to make a pick-off attempt on the runner a third, dosen't this give an advatage to the defense???