They changed the rules and said I had to be a citizen. Either your parents or you have to have citizenship.

Each country makes their own rules, is what I've been told. All my great grandparents are Dutch. A couple of them came from the same country. It goes way back.

I'm definitely bummed. It's OK -- I don't go play for them, but I'm still here in Major League camp and right in front of all the coaches and everybody. Both have their advantages and both have their disadvantages.

Most of our parents of little leaguers don't even know the rules. They question calls and sometimes sound like idiots because they are inappropriate and don't understand.

If kids are doing these things by themselves, they're not following the rules set by their parents and they don't know who to trust on the internet, then that's quite a worrying position and one we need to deal with. The next step is to work out what it all means and where we go next.

Since we (the officials) are bound to Rules Book, we have to treat all shots 'through the green' exactly the same, ... Sure it's imperfect but believe it or not, the rules have evolved over the years. Maybe this will too.