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The NCAA is the coaches game. The coaches write the rules. The main points of emphasis in this year's clinic were "Obstruction, batter interference and hit by pitch". These were the things that the coaches and the umpire evaluators felt that were not consistantly called. It is also where the wiley players were working on their acting skills in an attempt to help their team.
The video footage about what is and is not Obs, Int. and HBP was very useful for those who want to call it right.
I'm not ripping on the ASA. I knew umpires that were calling about to receive if the ball was in the infield. I've known coaches that said they were going to teach their kids to obstruct because they wanted to take the chance to get the out. The punishment was only that they would be safe anyway.
It is the umpire that will make the right call even if it will cause an arguement. If all the umpires are consistantly calling something it won't be argued anymore it will be expected.
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ASA,NCAA,FED,NAFA
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