You missed my point completly. If my team is up 12-2 in the 3rd, am I supposed to tell my kids to quit trying?
No. It is when you are outside of the run rule that you should tell them to quit stealing bases constantly. Something that this hand picked team WAS doing.
You don't stop the kids from playing the game, but you don't encourage them to take the extra base or get into rundowns on purpose or any of that crap.