Sure. The "touch the bag" test is just a test for ONE kind of interference. All of the other types of interference count as well (ie: yelling, swatting at...
Your suspension was rescinded because the WR Administrator chose to get involved and talked some sense into the local DA. He may have used some leverage to...
Just a little 'candid' in site... It's surprising just how LITTLE influence the Regional Director has over the DA's BATMAN ... From: "Scott Steinmetz" To:...
The whole Little League organization has always reminded me of Feudal England. There is a king who only rules and or has power over his feudal lords WHEN they...
Majors game early this week...game tied 2-2 late. R2 for home team rounds third base and runs smack into F5, causing R2 to fall to the ground. I'm the PU and...
LL Minors. A coach and manager on the same team has been suspended for one game. The coach has decided to resign from the team. So now the manager is short one...
I am not going to comment on the rule here as i am kind of curious what everyone else says and i can see rules that might apply on both sides of the arguement....
For the Minors division our league added this rule. "There shall be no stealing home on a throw back to the pitcher". I asked for further explanation as to how...
In fact, if a play was being made on R2 at the time of the OBS, you would have killed the play immediately anyway, and the Coach's Interference would never...
My league has a similar rule except it is a lot clearer and it is only for the first half of the season. In my league a runner cannot cross home plate unless...
Not in my opinion. The manager did something to get himself suspended so he should have to serve that suspension. Just because his team cannot find another...
Your Board needs to take its head out of the sand. There is no reason to think that a team can't be run with only one coach. Happens all the time.  ...
More silly local rules. Aside from the fact that the LGB is the LGB, and covers all levels of LL baseball, the concept of a competitive development division...
... Rule 7.09 It is interference by a batter or runner when- (h) in the judgement of the umpire, the base coach at third base, or first base, by touching or...
John, Yes and no...you gotta love these scenario's don't you (NOT). At the time of the OBS, the ball had not reached the cut-off man, so no immediate play was...
Since the runner was obstructed before the coaches interference, wouldn't rule 7.06 (b) apply? How can you penalize the obstructed runner when he would have...
Type (b) obstruction requires the umpire to adjust the protection as the developing play warrants. Let's take as an example an easy single to left and BR is...
Not all interference results in an immediate dead ball. This is one of them. If the base coach interference is away from the ball, the runner interfered with...
... Let's try the citations again...... ... From the above we can conclude that the ball is NOT always dead on interference, this being a well documented...
I am umpiring at the Cooperstown Dream Parks Tournament July 4 through the 9th this summer. Has anyone ever umpired this tournament before? Any information...
TG, Per WR, replacing a suspended manager or coach for the "penalty" game would not be allowed. Here's a response from Bill Carter to this question, which I...
Ah yes, I remember that post. So now that board has put itself into a bit of a Catch-22 position... it can't/won't enforce the suspension until another coach...
OK... Let me start by saying... John Biggs' answer was correct. Only dead ball if the player being assisted by the coach is being played on at the time of...
I am just wondering how many of the leagues who have special rules that are not in LGB, have a waiver from the Region they are in, can present such waiver to...
Angels/Yankees game today. Top of the 5th inning; Maicer Izturis batting; Wood on 1st. Izturis hits a hard squibbler right up the diagonal of the diamond...
Hi Barry, For minors rules such as this for instructional purposes are not something that a waiver is needed on. Most leagues especially in their low minors...
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