Co-Rec, ASA

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

In our area, there are zero, zilch, none, nada, local leagues willing to play with that rule (different balls for male and female players in Coed).

I tried to get this rule changed a few years ago and the gentleman speaking up in the committee damn near had his head handed to him by the women in the meeting.

Our local leagues, including those that register and (mostly) otherwise play ASA rules, all use just the 12" ball, with an outfield arc 200' from homeplate which outfielders must stay behind until the ball is hit. The arc keeps the women able to make legitimate hits, while all players gain the positive advantage of having the same (size) ball in every play.

The arc is ridiculous. These women have been using a 12" from the time they got past 10U and now they move over to SP and need to use an 11" ball? International Co-Rec uses only one ball (12") and no gimmicks like an arc in the outfield. The women I've seen play do pretty well especially with the bats available today.

The other non-ASA rule overwhelmingly adopted is that every batter starts with a 1-1 count, and gets one two-strike courtesy foul. This has increased the action, while most batters won't wait and take the first strike.

The 1-1 count is something which should have been changed by now. The courtesy foul is a joke. Why bother changing the number if you are going to allow a free foul with 2 strikes? There hasn't been an effort to change SP to a 3-2 count for a couple of years. Maybe it will change in OKC. Every local SP league in this area start with a 1-1 count.