Forum: Softball
Sat Aug 06, 2016, 09:21am
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,894
Enforcing the limit is all I ask for, but when...
Enforcing the limit is all I ask for, but when you have umpires consistently calling a 6 to 7.5 ft pitch illegal, that to me is incompetence. Like I say a mistake in judgment here and there on a 6...
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Forum: Softball
Sat Aug 06, 2016, 06:14am
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,894
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Forum: Softball
Fri Aug 05, 2016, 07:39pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,894
JMK, I happen to be an engineer myself and am...
JMK, I happen to be an engineer myself and am well versed in the mechanics of motion, its equations and curves as determined by the forces applied, and as you say, it is not just an opinion, it is an...
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Forum: Softball
Fri Aug 05, 2016, 07:29pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,894
speed of a pitch
Linknblue. That is interesting because I did the exact same thing, I built a rig that was 6 ft to 10 ft with PVC and then experimented with it to see how high those pitches really are. I proved...
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Forum: Softball
Fri Aug 05, 2016, 08:45am
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,894
Speed of softball pitch
In some leagues, they play ASA rules with a mat and not a strike zone. I know ASA book was written with strike zone in mind, but mat ball fits in with it fairly well. For those of you that never...
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Forum: Softball
Mon Aug 01, 2016, 09:09pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,686
short handed rule, batting out of order
A mens slowpitch softball team starts the game under shorthanded rule with 9 players with a 10th in the lineup in hopes they show. They play a few innings with the 9 players defensively and on...
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Forum: Softball
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:43pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
It’s Monday, and mother wakes up in the morning...
It’s Monday, and mother wakes up in the morning and looks out at the grass and says, the grass is not cut and criticizes the husband for not cutting the grass on the weekend which was agreed to be...
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Forum: Softball
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 06:13am
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
RKBump, the operative words in your reply are,...
RKBump, the operative words in your reply are, “can”, “should” and “want to” as opposed to “shall” or “required to”. The book could and should be undated on next round to clarify it with either...
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Forum: Softball
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 07:23pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
Boy how quickly some get their hackles up to...
Boy how quickly some get their hackles up to defend their position, instead of just taking an objective view. My point about “declared” being the apparent objective rule, has now become...
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Forum: Softball
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:14pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
Your hypothetical example, while amusing, only...
Your hypothetical example, while amusing, only shows that an umpire can, and I underscore can change an IFF call made or in this case unmade under R10-3-c. However, you have failed to show either...
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Forum: Softball
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 06:03pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
Declared
I am no English major, but according to Webster declare means "to say or state (something) in an official or public way". stating or saying something generally means verbally announcing it (it...
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Forum: Softball
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 03:51pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
in effect as to the time it occurs
Please refer me to the rule and section of the 2016 ASA book which states what you just said, which is, the IFF is in effect as of the time it occurs and not at the time it is called. Thank You.
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Forum: Softball
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 03:39pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
Question for RKBUmp who says: Called or not it...
Question for RKBUmp who says: Called or not it was an IFF situation and the umpire was correct in applying it after the fact and returning the runners put in jeopardy by the non call back on base.
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Forum: Softball
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:13am
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,687
Infield fly rule after the fact
Situation was runner on 1st and 2nd and one out. Batter hits routine popup to 2nd base and runners at first and 2nd hold close to their base, batter barely moves from batters box. Umpire fails to...
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