Jeff
I am not that familiar with OBR rules either took the question off a site called stevetheump.com pretty neat site but pertains to strictly baseball but my understanding in OBR is that the fielders do not have to be in fair territory just in the field of play. His actual response was "For a valid play to take place the defense must have 9 players on the field"
I believe in ASA they do mean all the players in the game but do not state a # because in fast-pitch this could be 8 if playing short-handed or in slow-pitch it could be 9 or 10
JMHO
Don
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