I worked my first SP games for the local AA (is that Alcoholics Anonymous or Almost Adult?) league last night. They were rather interesting, even the field.
The field is a skinned infield, perfect for softball however there is a pitcher's mound right in the middle of it and of course, no pitcher's plate for softball. Turns out this field doubles as a regulation baseball diamond. Behind home plate is a second home plate that should've been covered up but wasn't. So that, combined with the mat and the commit line makes for a rube goldberg looking contraption behind the plate.
The first game started fine until during one inning, there was a groundball hit to the short stop and a play at first. The throw is wide and skips off the ground, hitting the BR and bounces up the 1st baseline. The BR proceeds to wind up and boot the ball into right field. I am on it right away, killing the ball and calling interference. The plate umpire comes out from behind the plate and says "No the runner is safe, go back to first." Then comes out and tells me "That is the right call but he was just playing around, we don't really call that here." Oh boy.
The rest of the games were fairly uneventful but I am going to have some "adjusting" to do from working competitive fast pitch.
Quick mechanics question, since I haven't been given my rulebook yet. In ASA SP, does the BU always start in B position, even with no runners on base?
Hopefully I'll have something better to share as the season continues, thanks for reading.