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I attended a pre-season organizational meeting for a Men's ASA SP Rec league that I work here in Connecticut to familiarize the teams with the new rules for this season and to discuss them. The league is considering modifying the stealing rule for their league only, so that a steal of home is not possible. Some are concerned that many collisions and possible injuries will occur when F1 and/or F2 will collide with incoming runners at the plate during live ball "steal" situations. Although this is a new rule this year, does anyone have any relevant experience and opinions on whether collisions/injuries are more frequent during these types of plays?
Logistically, their modification to the rule could present some strange scenarios, depending on exactly how their modification is worded. For instance, R1 on 3B, R2 on 1B. R2 can advance to 2B, but R1 can't go home. Or R1 on 2B and tries to advance to 3B: catcher's throw to 3B goes into left field, but R1 can't score and must stay at 3B.
This league will also probably be voting in using the 1-up rule to their HR limit of 3.
They will probably start using the double base this year, and I also requested to see if they could get the 8' radius circle around the pitcher's plate lined for each game, which would be new, and certainly a help to me, as well as them.
Thanks for your input.
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