NFHS vs ASA Dead Ball Base Running

[Dakota]

Originally posted by WestMichBlue

NFHS.

We disagree.

I'm not "justifying" either set of rules; only making an observation that the ASA rule seems to me to strike a better balance (for the imperfect field conditions) than does the NFHS rule. I'm not anti-NFHS. Overall, they do a good job of recognizing their "constituents" (if you will) - school-age girls. Whereas ASA must take into account a much broader constituency, including little kids, boys, men, and women.

However, in this case, I believe ASA has the better rule, even for schoool-age girls.

Originally posted by greymule
ASA's rule seems more fair to me.

I wouldn't say "fair" exactly, just keeps a better balance between the offensive mistake and the defensive mistake.

Originally posted by greymule
To me, Fed's rule rewards the defense's error. Why does Fed insert an arbitrary point at which to strand runners?

Exactly.