During the initial year in which ASA permitted teams to play shorthanded, a team was not allowed to intentionally walk batters to reach the vacant position.
After that, they determined that they were already allowing a team to continue playing under a scenario which should have been a forfeit, so why deprive the defense of using that vacant position to end an inning.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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