Canadian Umpires Please Help

[gsf23]

Any of you Canadian Umpires out there that can give me a hand I would appreaciate it. I have been contacted by a couple of teams from Cananda that will be playing in a tournament here in the states. The question they have asked me is what are the rule differences between ASA and SPN (slow-pitch national)

The biggest I can tell so far is that SPN allows coutesy runners (3 per game), has a scoring line instead of plays at the plate, and I think the pitching requirements are a bit different. Is there anything else out there I should let these teams know about before they come and play. Thanks for any help.

[Rattlehead]

I haven't verified this but I have had a couple of Canadian Coaches tell me that thier D3K Rule is different.

I guess 1st base must always regardless of outs be un-occupied for the D3K Rule to be in effect.

[gsf23]

Thanks for the Reply Rattlehead, but I am looking for slow-pitch rules so the dropped third strike doesn't come into play. Thanks for the help though, I appreciate it.

[tzme415]

What tournament?

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by tzme415

What tournament?

The Budweiser/Sam McQuade Memorial Softball Tournament in Bismark, ND.

If never heard of it, it is a great tournament and one of the largest weekend tourneys around. They will get well over 400 teams in all divisions of mens and womens. Teams from as far away as California and Nevada have come up to ND to play in this tourney. All the proceeds are donated to charity and all the tournament officials and umpires donate their pay back to the cause.

[tzme415]

Thought that might be it...I've worked it and played in many years ago...would like to get back sometime to do it again...From my memory the biggest thing used to be the pitching arc, but that may be the same now...The McQuades has a website that might help with tournament rules, but not with ASA rules

http://www.mcquades.com/html/softball.html