[Elaine "Lady Blue"]

For all you guys out there in the wet and the cold, I just got back from beautiful Daytona Beach for several days. My husband & I walked on the beach, (water was a little cold but we waded), swam in the heated pool, fished but didn't catch anything, and ate wonderful fresh seafood!! Saturday and Sunday the highs were in the mid 70s, but Monday was 86 degrees and I'm a little sunburned--wow in November, yet! Came back home to low 50s and rain! YUCK!!

Now onto Softball business. It seems the ASA Rules committee is a little chauvinist, with the "men have faster reaction time than women" crap. Bull hockey!!! What about a line drive in fastpitch at 40-43 feet??? Give me a break!
A strike that hits the plate in SP is ok? Naw!!
The only rule I like is that coed goes to 1 ball, the 12".
You know if you've ever called coed what a pain it is to change balls and have spare ones for the fouls, etc. Many years ago, one of our deputy UICs and I came up with a plan for the coed game that our commissioner immediately rejected and wouldn't even refer to OK City. A pitcher's rubber with a hinged compartment on one end that went below ground level to hold a softball. That way the pitcher could change out the ball!! LOL LOL LOL
Well, we liked it!! The rest of the rule changes (as usual) are designed to confuse the average Joe and Jane. Maybe I'm glad that I might retire from calling.




[Edited by Elaine "Lady Blue" on Nov 5th, 2002 at 06:59 PM]