💬 Here's a neat little baseball clip from Little League (where it just means more?)

[TerryP]

 

[rick4bama]

DANG! I want to know if he was safe or out? When he jump he didn't look like he touch home plate?

 

[TerryP]

I want to know if he was safe or out?

(As strange as this may sound during this football season ... Rickey, you've opened Pandora's box here with this reply.)

It depends on if "blue" is following the rule book or not. Technically, that's leading with the head at home plate which, by rule, is an out. But, it looks like the ump is calling him safe.

I don't know how it was called...there's a lot of replies on that tweet, maybe one of them says how it was called.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I had as targeting.....leading with the head and launching oneself...

 

[bamachine]

I want to know if he was safe or out?

(As strange as this may sound during this football season ... Rickey, you've opened Pandora's box here with this reply.)

It depends on if "blue" is following the rule book or not. Technically, that's leading with the head at home plate which, by rule, is an out. But, it looks like the ump is calling him safe.

I don't know how it was called...there's a lot of replies on that tweet, maybe one of them says how it was called.

Is that something new? Back in my little league and dixie youth days, I always did the Pete Rose slide into home plate. I should clarify, by new, I mean in the last 30 years.

 

[TerryP]

Is that something new? Back in my little league and dixie youth days,

I had a few parents--one of which was an umpire--inform me of the change a few years ago when I was watching some Dixie Youth Baseball. As I recall there were a few clauses in the rule. One, they can slide head first if retreating to a base. They can't if trying to gain a base.

I was also told it may not apply to all LL teams but the umpire wasn't sure about how far the rule had progressed. I want to say it was the spring of '16 when this happened...may have been spring of '15.

 

[rick4bama]

Thanks for all the answer.