Believe It or Not

[Rich]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

Im sorry...but that is weird there. I may not know ASA rules, but i know that doesnt sound right at with what happended. Game shouldnt have been over right there

Dan,

You've expressed your "opinions" on the baseball board (mostly incorrectly), so I'm not surprised to see you doing the same here.

I haven't worked softball in years, but Mike Rowe has shown that the ruling for this situation is pretty much the same as baseball. It's a live ball award. ALL runners are entitled to a one base award without liability to be put out.

I don't know the intricate details in softball, but in this situation in baseball ONLY TWO runners actually need to do something -- R3 score and the BR go to first. So the BR went to the dugout. Well, unless there's 2 outs, it doesn't matter. R3 still scored. In baseball (and Mike can tell me how softball rules this) R1 and R2 don't even need to advance to the next base cause technically they are not forced -- it's an award.

It's not what "seems" fair. It's knowing the rules and how to apply them.

--Rich