I read a thread last night about this and this morning, can't find it again for reference. I'm new, so bear with me. We play Dizzy Dean ball. We are fixing to go to the World Series next weekend. During regular league play, I noticed that sometimes (but not often), the girl who hit the ball would tag first and keep on trucking to 2nd after the ball was in the circle. I have scoured our rule book for an example, or explanation, of how that works and have come up empty handed. We have some girls who fly faster down the line than mosquitos in the summer and I know they could get around to 2nd, no problem. What is the deal with that rule? It has always been our "teaching" that when the ball is in the circle, play stops on the field.
We also played all season long with the understanding that you could steal PRIOR to release of the ball from the pitcher. It wasn't until we were playing in a tourney a couple of weeks ago that the ump told us that was wrong - only when the ball passed home plate could the runner advance and steal. Apparently, there was some ammendment made to the Dizzy Dean rule book and it was sent out to people. Needless to say, none of the people in our league got that memo, as we stole and stole and stole - won one game purely on steals!
Just looking for a little clarification on this, please. Thanks a million!
We also played all season long with the understanding that you could steal PRIOR to release of the ball from the pitcher. It wasn't until we were playing in a tourney a couple of weeks ago that the ump told us that was wrong - only when the ball passed home plate could the runner advance and steal. Apparently, there was some ammendment made to the Dizzy Dean rule book and it was sent out to people. Needless to say, none of the people in our league got that memo, as we stole and stole and stole - won one game purely on steals!
Just looking for a little clarification on this, please. Thanks a million!