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Re: If it feels good, lets make a rule...
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dakota
[B]Being an engineer by profession, I get really annoyed (more than I should) when someone tries to fix something that isn't broken - "feel good rules" - this seems like that to me.
Do any of these organizations (local towns or the AFA or others) have any data so show there is a real safety problem being addressed? How many players, for example, have gotten hurt by errant foul balls hitting them while in the ODB circle?
None that I have ever found in AFA.
Have never seen or heard of any reports being
kept on this.
If the concern is adult ball, how many fights, ejections, etc., does this rule lead to when the ODB finally gets fed up with the "encouragement" coming from the opposition bench? Does anyone know if this "safety rule" is actually making things better or worse?
AFA only deals with Youth fast pitch.
What happens with a switch hitter? Do you have to suspend play to allow the ODB to change circles?
Yes, if batters switches sides after taking a pitch
or two from one side or the other, then play is suspended
while ODB switches..
glen
[Edited by whiskers_ump on Oct 24th, 2001 at 06:50 PM]
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