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From LittleLeague.org:
Honoring the Game means we refuse to bend the rules to win a game. Getting away with illegal behavior, just because the umpires’ views are blocked, doesn’t change the fact that it is against the rules of the game. (Compare this to the classroom – cheating when the teacher is not looking, is still cheating.)
Honoring the Game includes the letter and the spirit of our Little League rules. For example, you are a base runner and the batter hits a pop fly towards your part of the field. You see multiple fielders converge under the pop fly and as it comes down, you shout, “I got it! I got it! My ball!” in an attempt to intentionally interfere with the play.
Another example that comes to mind is a recent World Series [sic (and evidence that this wasn't written by a Red Sox fan)] game in which a player knocked the ball from the Red Sox first baseman [sic] and claimed that the incident was nothing more than a result of his running motion. (The umpires ultimately ruled against the runner on this call.)
If you win by ignoring or violating the rules, of what value is your victory?
HONORING THE GAME
Rules Honoring the Game means we refuse to bend the rules to win a game. Getting away with illegal behavior, just because the umpires’ views are blocked, doesn’t change the fact that it is against the rules of the game. (Compare this to the classroom – cheating when the teacher is not looking, is still cheating.)
Honoring the Game includes the letter and the spirit of our Little League rules. For example, you are a base runner and the batter hits a pop fly towards your part of the field. You see multiple fielders converge under the pop fly and as it comes down, you shout, “I got it! I got it! My ball!” in an attempt to intentionally interfere with the play.
Another example that comes to mind is a recent World Series [sic (and evidence that this wasn't written by a Red Sox fan)] game in which a player knocked the ball from the Red Sox first baseman [sic] and claimed that the incident was nothing more than a result of his running motion. (The umpires ultimately ruled against the runner on this call.)
If you win by ignoring or violating the rules, of what value is your victory?
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