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This rule change was one of the best for ASA softball the past 7-8 years. Remember, they had stealing at the upper levels a little longer than the rest.
I think it adds a tremendous amount of excitement to the game for the players, fans and umpires. You always have to be on your toes.
The teams are catching on to what they can do with this rule. More than just a few times, we had the old R1 trying to draw a throw to 2B to allow R1 to steal from 3B. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Have had a few straight steals off the defense's laziness or just not paying attention including at least a half dozen I saw trying to steal home.
And as stated, and the initial reason why the rule was originally instituted at the Super level was to keep the catchers in the game instead of waiting for a ball to hit the backstop, pick it up and throw it back to the pitcher.
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