Bob A

Thanks to all that replied. Great website, great input.

I am looking for the correct umpire ruling from an incident that took place yesterday during a 50/70 LL game. Situation; 1 out, man on second. The batter steps to the plate and hits a HR. During the celebration at home, the runner from second fails to touch home plate. The kid who hit the HR comes behind him and touches home and scores. The opposing team appeals the play and argues that the runner from second should be out and the kid who hit the HR must go back to third (they argued that this exact play happened during their playoffs last year and they researched the correct ruling 3 months ago) . The umpire ruled that the kid from second was out and the run scored (I agree). I have spoken to several other coaches and most of them agree with the umpire but there are several interpretations of the "passing the runner" rule. Can you please cite the exact rule? Just out of curiosity, what if there were two outs? Does the home run count if the appeal is successful? Thanks to all, this is a great website.