USSSA Rule 8.2:
USA Rule, as originally quoted by TMIB in this thread, is nearly verbatim with USSSA. However, USA has the criteria as 3 separate items (1-3), and USSSA includes all three in a single sentence. Additionally, and it's hard to tell the way it's formatted in the other thread, USA Rule 8, Sect. 7.T(A) contains the phrase " (A) When a Runner is legitimately off a base after a pitch or as a result of a batter completing a turn at bat,..."
USSSA does not use the word "pitch", as with USA above. Does this mean for USSSA, LBR is ONLY applied at the end of an AB (Walk / Hit / D3K / etc.), since there isn't a batter-runner any other time? . Has this difference always been there (it's been the same since 2017 from what I can tell), or did something get changed unintentionally during a previous update?
I feel like I'm missing something obvious, since this doesn't seem to have been discussed recently.
The LOOK-BACK RULE is in effect when the ball is live, the batter-runner has touched first base or has been declared out, and the pitcher has possession of the ball (e.g. has the ball in their hand, glove, under arm or chin, between their legs) within the 16-foot circle.
USA Rule, as originally quoted by TMIB in this thread, is nearly verbatim with USSSA. However, USA has the criteria as 3 separate items (1-3), and USSSA includes all three in a single sentence. Additionally, and it's hard to tell the way it's formatted in the other thread, USA Rule 8, Sect. 7.T(A) contains the phrase " (A) When a Runner is legitimately off a base after a pitch or as a result of a batter completing a turn at bat,..."
USSSA does not use the word "pitch", as with USA above. Does this mean for USSSA, LBR is ONLY applied at the end of an AB (Walk / Hit / D3K / etc.), since there isn't a batter-runner any other time? . Has this difference always been there (it's been the same since 2017 from what I can tell), or did something get changed unintentionally during a previous update?
I feel like I'm missing something obvious, since this doesn't seem to have been discussed recently.