USA Rule Changes

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Originally Posted by Manny A

Perhaps. But now there's precedence.

Which is a crock. ASA, now USA have always thumped their chest as the world-wide leader in the game of softball. Well, that has disappeared over the past decade.

The argument which had some strong roots out of CA was that unlike a balk in baseball, an IP had zero effect on the runner, so there shouldn't be a penalty benefiting the runner

If a base distance or pitching distance is found to be incorrect, wait until the completion of the complete inning to fix it.

Don't have a horse in this race, but I'm not a fan of unncessarily keeping the pitcher or runner closer to the batter than necessary, assuming that may be the issue.

Change the time limit in Championship play to no new inning plus one more complete inning

Proposed a couple times before, and I've supported it for as long as it has been around. It is a great idea that takes the playing-the-clock strategy out of the game

Allow the coach to make a dead ball appeal

Not a bad idea, think it would help.

FP pitcher must bring hands together for minimum of 2 seconds, maximum of 10 seconds before pitch

This has been the rule in international ball for a few years now. Another move where ASA/USA has missed an opportunity to take the lead in softball in this country.

Some other stuff to clean up and clarify the "bat the roster" rules

Never saw the need for this at any level of championship play. Willing to bet they will screw up the rules that much more trying to massage this one