The idea when I started this in 2002 was to create a simple keyword index into the Little League rules which would be a bit better than than the short one that is in the rulebooks themselves. The rulebook's organization leaves something to be desired (a matter of history and tradition) so people without an intimate knowledge of it can have difficulty locating the specific rule paragraph(s) relating to a situation. This was supposed to make that process somewhat easier.

I can't claim that I came up with the original concept - years ago a friend of mine showed me a copy of Jim Evans' index to the OBR, which was so obviously useful that it was the inspiration for this endeavor.

The project got more involved than I expected, but what in life doesn't? My "simple keyword index" has grown to over 60 pages, and, to some extent, has developed a life of its own. As a result, I've continued to update it from year to year. I'm flattered that it's gained some popularity, and has developed fans in a number of places all around the country.

For those of you who haven't seen this before, this doesn't replace the rulebooks - it's just an index. Sorry, you still have to go back to the book once you've found the rule number references. What this will do, I hope, is get you to those references faster, and also show you when there are multiple rules that cover a situation. Therefore, I strongly recommend you check ALL the paragraphs when more than one are listed, and also look things up a couple of different ways - I can't guarantee that I've indexed the rules every way that you might try to look them up. (Although I've tried.)