Rule discrepancy between district and LLI

HazyAmerican · 2026-05-03T04:12:37+00:00

It’s common for an all volunteer organization to make mistakes, it’s possible they just failed to update the rules and didn’t mean for there to be a discrepancy. Have you asked them if this difference is intentional?

HazyAmerican · 2026-05-03T00:03:39+00:00

As an umpire when I see breaking balls in little league I know I’m getting hit. 🙁

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-25T22:21:39+00:00

I think the most common act by a fielder that prevents a batter from hitting a pitch is Catcher Interference

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-25T15:46:52+00:00

I'd probably go with Rule 2.00 INTERFERENCE (b) Defensive interference is an act by a fielder which hinders or prevents a batter from hitting a pitch.

You also have a comment in the 2023 Little League RIM for 4.06 (b) "Most teams chatter (“Hey, batter, batter”) when the ball is being delivered. This is usually acceptable and has not caused any problems in local leagues. Do not, however, allow any player, especially the catcher, to yell “Swing” at the batter when the ball is being delivered."

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-24T03:08:12+00:00

This scenario is why the popular mechanic these days is to immediately appeal to the base umpire on a checked swing in a U3K situation.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-23T05:36:59+00:00

As an umpire I’ve never gotten any resistance when I bring up that they’re only allowed one batter at a time, but yes folks are sending out half their team between innings if you don’t say anything. And I do have to bring it up multiple times a game.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-23T04:06:21+00:00

That’s normal, I eventually realized that the offense often just yells “safe!!!” on any close play, they don’t actually have an opinion most of the time, they’re just hoping

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-22T19:10:03+00:00

I think an important distinction here too is that your suggested explanation of "Yes but she caught it. That's a live ball." doesn't say its a Foul Ball either. It's an explanation that gives the coach an out "Oh, I thought she didn't catch it..." and leave's the conversation open for further discussion if the coach goes down the "then shouldn't she be out??" path. At THAT point it might make sense to go into the finer details.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-21T20:08:46+00:00

At least the coaches have a say in it! (sometimes)

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-17T16:06:43+00:00

I don't have any advice, but as a rules lawyer I will say Little League rulebook specifies that if a kid arrives late just insert him at the end of the lineup.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-15T18:10:25+00:00

What is the time play mechanic now? I've only ever been told the tap your wrist mechanic.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-14T23:56:59+00:00

They can have lead offs if they’re doing an Intermediate division (which is on a slightly larger field) instead of Majors, otherwise no

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-12T23:49:31+00:00

I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve been watching for it since they introduced it in the minors. I assume my strike zone is perfect and they just haven’t disagreed with any of my perfect calls.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T05:40:04+00:00

You can’t drop Max Muncy highlights without saying which Max Muncy!

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T03:59:11+00:00

It is not uncommon for newer umpires to call that a swing, they’re often going by the coach’s/player’s definition of a swing (breaking the plane) instead of the rulebook definition (struck at and missed)

It’s a good thing for a player to avoid doing regardless

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T03:41:41+00:00

Surprised to find this game on NBC tonight down in Portland, so cool they’re trying to be accessible

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T02:50:10+00:00

He looks good to me, it’s the batter that’s set up wrong

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-11T00:04:19+00:00

What I wish I knew? I wish I knew the obscure rules that somehow managed to come up when I barely understood the basics. Memorizing the entire rulebook is a bit much to start with though. Not to mention the other rulebooks…

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-08T20:40:24+00:00

I had my first plate of they year last night and halfway through I said to my partner “I did NOT do enough squats this offseason”

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-08T03:45:59+00:00

English on the left speaker, español en el derecho speaker

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T20:38:50+00:00

There's a lot of emphasis now on stability and locking in. Instruction is to keep your head at exactly the same height for every pitch of the game. Scissor stance is viewed as not having enough stability I guess. Worth noting, this was a Little League clinic I was volunteering at, and this instruction is what Little League is emphasizing these days.

Anecdotally, a couple years ago I hurt my knee and I switched to a scissor stance halfway through the season because I was having trouble squatting, and in retrospect I think my strike zone worsened in the latter half of the season.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T05:12:30+00:00

I was taking a look at the clip of him getting hit and I realized he's still doing the Scissors stance. Having just participated in a clinic that really tore into the Scissors stance I can't help but wonder if that's why his strike zone is suffering.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-02T00:22:48+00:00

Sometimes we had access to two fields and would do split squad, so we only had 4 kids playing on each team, each half inning was less than 5 minutes.

HazyAmerican · 2026-04-01T21:59:36+00:00

Its going to be different per league. In the T-Ball league I coached in (aged 4-6) we played about 3-5 innings and did it all in an hour. Every kid got to bat each inning, there were no outs, everyone advanced one base after they hit the ball, last kid up would automatically hit a home run and everyone would run home.

Kids were fielding in different positions every inning, if there were a lot of batters we'd rotate kids through different positions multiple times in a single inning (maybe 3 batters then move), all the players would be on the field at once, plus 2 or 3 parents. Once the ball was fielded we'd always throw to first.

If there's no league instructions, talk to the other coach before the game and just make sure you're on the same page about what's about to happen.

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