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Originally posted by tkistre
I finally heard back from one of the local contacts listed on ASA's web site for my area. He claimed that I could not get a rule book since I was not an umpire or a manager that had a team. He did offer to answer my question since he was a "chief umpire", so I posted the exact question that I asked here and he basically said that she "can" jump out of the box and the pitches should be called as they were, ball or strike.
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That's true. Managers and umpires pay a registration fee that includes the rule book. You can get a rule book on line @
http://www.softball.org.
That fact that she can jump out of the box is also true and the umpire should call it whatever they deemed the pitch was, ball or strike. I don't believe anyone argued that point. The debate is whether this could continue without the umpire offering a warning or ruling a strike for the batter being in violation of ASA Rule 7.3.C