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Stealing and relaying of signs is considered unsportsmanlike behavior and cause for ejection...its in the rule book
Citation?
Slide Rule
—> Stealing Signs
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Stealing and relaying of signs is considered unsportsmanlike behavior and cause for ejection...its in the rule book
Tournament Playing Rules 3.f. pg. 128
Ah yes, the long-debated “unwritten rules” of the game.
Disclaimer: We don’t have LL around here and I have no experience with LL.
That said, in every sanction that I work, there is no rule against stealing signs. In every sanction that I played it would probably earn somebody a free trip to first base with a bruise though. Not nice, I know.
Could you extrapolate that to unsporting conduct? Eh. Perhaps LL does since part of their identity is upholding fair play?
If pitch location is a part of their signs, then that runner was stealing signs. How does the umpire know?
The hypocrisy of the policy is that LL doesn't make this a mandatory rule for regular season play. If they really felt that strongly about the issue, it should be mandatory for all LL games.
Stealing and relaying of signs is considered unsportsmanlike behavior and cause for ejection...its in the rule book
Yes. Exact citation given already in previous post.Which rulebook? LL?