# LLWS teams

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llws-teams/665673>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 8, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llws-teams/665673 "2013-08-08T02:59:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llws-teams/665673/1 "2013-08-08T02:59:02Z")

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Regional tourneys for the Little League World Series are winding down and 2 questions occurred to me:

1)Is there a rule that batters can’t look at/say anything to the ump? I’ve never seen a batter make eye contact with an ump.

2)How long have the players on the teams been playing together? I’m reasonably sure what you’re seeing is a town’s all-star team, not a neighborhood team.

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**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llws-teams/665673/2 "2013-08-10T16:15:53Z")

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RIght on both counts… I got tossed from a game back in 1981 for beefing about a called third strike… still proud of that…

Hoping some kids from Chicago… Jackie Robinson Little League team repping Illinois make it…

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llws-teams/665673/3 "2013-08-11T22:21:05Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> 1)Is there a rule that batters can’t look at/say anything to the ump? I’ve never seen a batter make eye contact with an ump.

Certainly they can look at the ump. They may, however, be coached not to in order to keep them from disputing.