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Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto
Bases loaded...batter walks. "Runner" from 3rd walks in and whild talking to someone in the stands misses the plate. I'm standing there with the catcher just waiting...sure enough, "Blue, doesn't he have to touch the plate?", "Yes as a matter of fact he does Mr. Catcher."
I'm amazed that this can actually happen even in a slow pitch game.
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On the subject of never ceasing to be amazed:
We had our first slow pitch game this past week. Even though we use the new rule change that starts batters with a 1-1 count, either our city league or the umpire for our games (not sure which) decided to adopt a courtesy foul with two strikes. So much for speeding up the game.
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In other news, I play in an adult kickball league that uses modified ASA rules. For week 2, they put our orange safety bases for some reason (we did not have them for week 1). This is only the second time in my life I've been in a game involving the safety base and so my rules knowledge on it was a bit rusty as I unsuccessfully appealed a few batters touching the white base on hits to the outfield.
Luckily, our slow pitch manager let me have his ASA rule book and when I read rule 8-5-2 (I think that's what it was), I was surprised to see there were more exceptions to the orange base rule than I realized. But at least now I won't make a fool out of myself again when I'm F3 for our kickball team.
