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Old Thu Jun 29, 2006, 07:27pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Steve M
I would like to see something in softball that matches the baseball "force play slide rule".
The difference is that softball is "considered" more recreational and in today's litigious society, it just isn't worth the risk.

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I would like to see a penalty for obstruction, not just the removing of the effect of obstruction.
I think we all saw the result of such a penalty in Fed until a couple years ago. Umpires just will not call it and the coach would teach it.
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Most of all, I'd like to see one set of rules, used by every sanctioning body - but that would eliminate the reason for most sanctioning bodies' existance.
I know it probably took you 20 minutes to type that line 'cause you cannot type while you are laughing hard
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