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Official ASA Approved Changes
These have been approved by the General Council
Change Women's SP max fence distance to 300'
| | All adult SP except Seniors move bases to 70' - effective in 2013 |
Men's adult SP except Seniors move bases to 70'
| Allow wooden bats made before 2000 to be legal without ASA stamp
| Allowing Seniors to use 1.21 BPF bats
| Clarify knob specifications
| Clarify safety "grip" as opposed to "tape" and reduce the minimum coverage to 6"
| Reinstate heating of a bat as a manner of altering it's characteristics
| Change HR limits in Men's A to 10
| Allows the BR to advance beyond 1B only if there is a play made on another runner or there is an errant throw.
| | Clarifies intentional interference with a batted ball a fielder has missed |
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Last edited by IRISHMAFIA; Thu Nov 10, 2011 at 10:04am.
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