I think your last paragraph is the right response. Your "mom" instincts will pick up anything unsportsmanlike, and you know how to deal with that stuff, and...
Just an FYI in today's San Diego paper http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070701-9999-1n1pitch.html [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... That's my league that went to WP, and I know all those kids. The two that blew their arms out played a LOT of ball during that season. They were out nearly...
What is the authority (if any) that says a batted ball can be caught in live ball area, be carried out to dead ball territory and thrown from there? The only...
Rita, Try 5.10(f). Bruce Taylor AZ D5 UIC ... ============= What is the authority (if any) that says a batted ball can be caught in live ball area, be carried...
The OBR rule is specific about falling in DBT. If you catch the ball in LBT and carry it into DBT, it is perfectly legal to throw from there. Fed and NCAA...
At a 9/10 All Star game today, the following play occurred. R1 is jumping off the base after every pitch and F2 makes a quick throw to F3 to pick him off. R1...
Hmmm..could the reason that F1 came up short at 2nd base be the fact that F4 was originally blocking the bag before he had the ball??? In LL, based on your...
Here's one for you from a Minor Little League (9/10) house league game. Batter chops the ball off the plate and it dies about 5 feet in front of the plate in...
I got nuttin, covered in JEA. Not enough time to get you the quote. ... From: "Mike Marasco" <mike.marasco@...> To: <llumpires@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
...my District/State has conducted a 7-8yr old pitching machine tourney the last few years and we started District play last Friday. In 21yrs of umpiring I've...
Tournament rules: It seems like I should be able to find the answer to this but I haven't been able to. If a 12 year old pitcher throws pitch number 85 in the...
He is able to finish that batter. My understanding is if the 3rd out is made on another runner, he is able to return the next inning and finish that same...
Your point #1 is not in compliance with the current Obstruction definition/rule. The fielder has the ball or they don't. There's no more "... in the act of...
I thought they changed that ruling. ... From: "Chris Evelo" <eveloc@...> To: <llumpires@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:29 AM Subject:...
See Tournament Rule 4d, Exception. Concerning your reference to 19 pitches, it is "less than 21". See 4e & f. Nick Haluschak Vancouver, WA ... haven't been...
LL clarified that the pitcher may NOT return the next inning. Go to LL website and download separate tournament rules PDF. They have annotated that document...
Thank you, Ed and Bruce. I umpire mostly LL. Recently, the man who schedules the umpires for the local Babe Ruth games called me to see if I could do a few...
NO ... this rule was revamped so that he CANNOT return the next inning. This rule updates are all available on the LL website. Check it out. You can also...
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I live here in Florida and we recieve alot of rain. "If you want rain, schedule a tournament" is the saying around here. My question is dealing with...
Rich, here in D68 southern california, my DA, who is a brilliant caring and supportive DA, he reads the crap on here, therefore the suck up, schedules the TOC...
California District 44 (14 leagues covering Cupertino, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Santa Clara, Campbell) runs a single elimination TOC tournaments at...
Florida District 9 runs single-elimination county tournaments at Majors, Juniors and Seniors levels. These aren't TOC tournaments - they're "every team in the...
Hi there Rita, You'd be amazed how many umpires who work LL games want to require the fielder to come back into LBT to make the throw. In fact, my own DUIC,...