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Originally Posted by Julio Caliente
It really inst different mechanically excpet not as enthusiastic. I think it is called "weak" because they aren't safe until they touch the base.
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Speaking ASA, not sure about others
Not so. By rule (8.3.B), a runner which passes a base is considered to have touched the base. Well, if they are considered to have touched the base, then they must be safe. Of course, they are still in jeopardy via an appeal.
This is where the difference between some baseball and softball occurs.
Many baseball umpires, usually old timers, consider calling a runner safe and then out on an appeal as a "reversal" of the same call and consider it to show weakness in an umpire. Same mentality when being asked to go for help.
In softball, it is considered two independent rulings. Some consider it "coaching" a team if no call is made, thus tipping off one or the other of a problem.