[j51969]

Good luck! I would love if everyone followed the ASA in this regard. I just don't see it happening. Softball at the adult slow-pitch level is a dwindling sport, and the other sanctioning bodies will do whatever it takes to continue to get the numbers they need. Here in Indiana a pitcher died in a rec league game several years ago. They hold a memorial tournament in his honor every year for his family. The bats took the game over, and in my opinion have ruined it. Anyone willing to spend $300 can learn to hit a ball 350ft. Not to mention all the altering that goes on. Lowering the home runs has only directed that energy at the pitchers and infielders. Good defense has been marginalized, as well as the unsporting and ego driven nature of the game. It is a shame. Traveling with my friends in various tournaments around the Midwest used to be a fun summertime activity. There a been a few wooden bat tournaments emerge in recent years, and they have been some of the most fun and entertaining tournaments I have played in. This will obviously never become the norm. Places like Ohio and Kentucky softball is still huge, but in Indiana I feel it is a dying sport. Until the players take matters in there own hands, or some of the other bodies get sued successfully in some way nothing will change. But I don't see that happening either.