obstruction:asa/fed

[WestMichBlue]

"Say what!? The "about to receive" has been in ASA for as long as I've been working softball and I never had a problem with it."

Nor have I. I always felt comfortable making an "about to receive" judgment. What I have always objected to is replacing my judgment with an interpretation (ball is closer), a physics theorem, which is indefensible under the cold light of common sense and logic.

And you, Mike, are on record on this forum as stating that, "when the ball is closer," that it will reach the defender before the runner 99.99999999999999% of the time. Thus the defender has the ball - no "about to receive."

So if "about to receive" basically does not exist, then why not just get rid of it totally. And I applaud ASA for following the ISF rule, and I believe that NFHS will follow in 2005. It definitely should clean up the game, and yes, make it safer.


WMB