Anybody want to point out to whoever in the ASA POE / RS editorial staff the danger of sloppy writing?
Your friend, David, is hanging his hat on a single sentence in a POE written by ASA at the time the "about to receive" clause was removed from the ASA OBS rule a couple of years ago. Based on the clinics I attended at the time, I am certain this sentence was been pounded into coaches then, and probably in the years since.
See an editorial I wrote on the topic at
Softball Umpires. Click the "Editorials" link on the left and then scroll down a bit.