2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/24 – Day Zero

By on July 24, 2015 in Personal Experiences

This year I was honored to be invited to work the Little League Softball Eastern Regional in Bristol Connecticut. Friday is arrival day at the Eastern Regional for both teams and the umpires. After checking in at the (very nice) hotel that Little League provided, the first scheduled event was a 1:00pm meeting of the […]

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2015 Tournament Rules Summary

By on May 19, 2015 in Announcements

I have updated my “Tournament Rules Summary” (baseball and softball) for 2015. See here for the appropriate links. The tournament rules are largely unchanged from 2014 – the changes that appeared in the rulebook this year were voted in at the 2014 Little League Congress and applied to tournament play last year.

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2015 Version of Little League Rules Index Now Available as an iOS App

By on March 26, 2015 in Announcements

I’m pleased to announce that, in addition to the traditional printed version, the 2015 Rules Index is now available as a mobile app. This app was developed in conjunction with Silver Bay Technologies, whose support is gratefully acknowledged, and is available through the Apple App Store. It supports iPad®, iPhone® and iPod Touch® devices running […]

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2015 Little League Rules Index Android App

By on March 5, 2015 in Announcements

I’m pleased to announce that, in addition to the traditional printed version the 2015 Little League Rules Index is now available as a Android app. This app was developed in conjunction with Silver Bay Technologies, whose support is gratefully acknowledged, and is available through Google Play. (Search for “llumpires” through the “Play Store” app on […]

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Printed Little League Index for 2015 is Now Ready

By on February 19, 2015 in Announcements

The 2015 version of the Little League Rules Index is now available for download. Kevin Hunter’s Little League Rules Index for 2015 For those of you with smartphones, I’m still in the process of updating both the iOS and Android versions. For more information on that, stay tuned!

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2015 Little League Rule Changes

By on February 1, 2015 in Rule Changes

Below is a brief summary of the 2015 Little League rule and regulation changes. Note that not all of these changes were listed in the front of the rulebook – Little League listed what they considered the “significant” rule changes there, but didn’t mention some less obvious ones. The list of changes is somewhat extensive […]

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Players Passing Players Near The Plate

By on May 16, 2014 in Plays

I was recently asked the following question: One out, R2 on 2nd. R1 on 1st. The batter-runner (BR) hits a home run. While rounding the bases, R2 stops before touching home plate (in anticipation of a celebration of some kind). R1 then touches home plate before R2 does. R2 follows and the BR finishes his […]

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2014 Tournament Rules Summary

By on May 15, 2014 in Announcements

I have updated my “Tournament Rules Summary” (baseball and softball) for 2014. See here for the appropriate links. Note that the original version of the softball rules sheet published on 12-May-2014 failed to include the updated pitching rules for Majors and below approved at the 2014 Little League Congress. Those changes were integrated into the […]

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Force Plays and Tags

By on May 9, 2014 in Plays

I was recently asked the following question: With runners on first (R1) and third (R3) and two outs, the batter hits a ground ball to the 2nd baseman. Instead of touching the bag for force out he sees R1 stop and head back toward 1st base. The 2nd baseman chases and does not touch R1 […]

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Updated Articles

By on May 8, 2014 in Announcements

It’s always interesting to see what questions I get from year to year. This year, I have gotten a series of questions all on similar subjects – the Infield Fly, and uncaught third strikes. (“Dropped third strikes” in the common vernacular, although we know that that description isn’t quite accurate.) As a result, I’ve gone […]

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