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DUNDALKCHOPPER Sat Mar 09, 2013 04:05pm

Outfielder position/distance from batter
 
Does anyone know of an ORGANIZATION not a local league that has a restriction on how close the outfielders can be to the batter? Commonly I think its a Co-ed, or Senior thing.

IRISHMAFIA Sat Mar 09, 2013 07:21pm

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Originally Posted by DUNDALKCHOPPER (Post 883916)
Does anyone know of an ORGANIZATION not a local league that has a restriction on how close the outfielders can be to the batter? Commonly I think its a Co-ed, or Senior thing.

Not ASA, ISF, NFHS or NCAA

EsqUmp Sat Mar 09, 2013 08:51pm

Nope. Since NCAA & NFHS don't have coed games, it would never come up. I only see it as a local rule to prevent outfielders from all standing on the lip of the infield/outfield when weaker hitters come up. But I've never seen anything written in a book.

IRISHMAFIA Sun Mar 10, 2013 09:08am

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Originally Posted by EsqUmp (Post 883947)
Nope. Since NCAA & NFHS don't have coed games, it would never come up.

Obviously, but the question wasn't limited to co-ed

MD Longhorn Mon Mar 11, 2013 08:17am

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Originally Posted by EsqUmp (Post 883947)
Nope. Since NCAA & NFHS don't have coed games, it would never come up. I only see it as a local rule to prevent outfielders from all standing on the lip of the infield/outfield when weaker hitters come up. But I've never seen anything written in a book.

There's nothing like this in any organization's code I've worked, with the exception of Dixie 8U - and I worked that about 12 years ago so it could have changed since then.

Consider this - no ruleset prevents a team from stationing ALL of it's players in the infield... or all of them but the pitcher in the outfield. The pitcher and catcher are required to be places - but everyone else is simply required to be in fair territory. You can create whatever defensive alignment you want. 4 infielders and 3 outfielders is traditional, and normal... but certainly not required.


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