NSA Ruling?

[David Emerling]

I don't believe you. If you meant it to be a poke, you would have had a "smile" next to it. No, I believe that you just got caught, and are backpeddling like you have been this entire thread.

Oh, I'm so glad you said that!

Prove it.

OK, I will!

First of all, I can't give you a link to a set of rules that is out-dated and has recently been updated. That would be impossible.

But I did write an article for officiating.com and made a reference to this rule and provided a link to the AFA rules. At the time, this was the only link available since they were in the middle of a complete rewrite.

I don't know if you're a subscribing member, but the article to which I'm referring is: Softball - How different is it really? Part III

At the time, the AFA rule was 10.15.a.2.

Their 2008 rules were not out at the time I wrote the article (September 4th, 2007). I'm happy to know that they are now available. I learned that today, because of their website.

If you go to that article and *click* on the link I provided, you will discover that that link is now broken. http://www.texasafasoftball.com/rulebook06.html

At the time, this was the only place to get the AFA rules. It was a 2006 rule set. And it was their rules, I assure you.

If what I'm saying is not true, then why would I risk creating a link and discussing what their rules say in a published article - that ultimately got approved by the editor - if it were not true?

I could probably go rooting through my archives on another computer where I used to collect all this junk and even send you a copy of their 2006 rulebook that had this comment. But I'm hoping you'll be satisfied with this.

Or, is there another gunman on your grassy knoll?

David Emerling
Memphis, TN