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I'm not saying this means it should be changed or not, just that the comparison is not exact.
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Ok, I am getting in on the end of this issue after we have changed topic a few times, man miss a day miss a lot I tell you what!!
Anyway, back to the OP, I have a stupid question. To me taking intent out of the rule book leads to more issues. I know anyone can cook up any play, so let's take a sample of my cooking. Same situation, R1 heading to 3rd, SS fields the ball that throws to the open area around the runner, but that darn runner is fast and runs right into the throw, again this is my world I was there so take my word for it , no intent by the fielder to hit the runner, just timing. Last year I would say if the coach asked "Wasn't intentional coach not INT" This year what am I going to say? Again I don't have the new book so I have no clue how the whole picture comes together (POE, casebook and rule book cover to cover all sections combined) BUT, to me it opens the door to the following conversation. C: "Blue, that is INT" U:"No coach there was no intent" C: "Don't have to have intent, rule changed this year" U: "I know coach, but intent is assumed in interference and there wasn't any" C: "Rule says interferes with a thrown ball, ball hit her, and skipped to the fence how is that not interfering?" U: "There was no intent by the fielder to cause that ball to go, it was incidential contact" C: "Don't have to be intent, rule chaged this year"...... On and on. To me in my little mind, it is making it MUCH harder NOT to call INT on these situation since there is no intent in the rule. UNLESS, another part of the book has changed that lists intent is required to have INT, but I have not heard of this. To me making this an implied thing, will make coaches feel like they are out of the loop, and if all they have is the book, where are they suppose to learn that intent is still required even though the book don't tell them that anymore??? |
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We don't have all the feedback that will come from the NUS, but I would address your coach by saying the runner didn't commit an act of interference. The result may be that the ball hit the runner and that the fielder was therefore unable to make the play, but the runner committed no act that could be construed as interference.
The necessary act may be one of commission, or omission where an action would be expected; a case where neither occurred just isn't an act of interference.
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Just kidding, of course.
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No HS teams disbanded that I'm aware of. The teams with bad pitching at 40' were still bad at 43'. The good pitchers loved it -- and so did potential college coaches. In my unscientific and limited sample of games, I didn't see any pitchers who had a big problem adjusting. Both varsity and JV games seemed shorter, if anything, with more balls being put into play. I don't think any studies were planned to compare runs per game, hits per game, or ERA statistics, but my impression was that all three went up a small percentage.
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Mike,
You said "I understand. If I didn't have anything better to do than be the moose-crossing guard, I would have done the same." From a slow pitch ump??
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Good catch Steve,
Slow pitch, isn't that were you stand and watch Moose cross home plate? And guard against too high or too low pitches? Guess he would have the experience to discuss being a moose crossing guard. |
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Here in the south, all slow pitch players are named Bubba, not Moose.
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Need I remind you that there is more action in two innings of a SP game than there are in many entire FP games? Need I also remind you that I worked the little ball for 22 years before moving over to softball? Got bored with that game. Too many egos and not enough action. So now I just enjoy the action and tune out the egos. BTW, the Mooses and Bubbas in the SP softball are becoming a myth in Championship Play.
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Little do they know that many would do well as the adjustment from baseball to MP is much easier than to SP. Well, nobody said they were smart.
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