ASA Play

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Its a trap!

Admiral Ackbar to the bridge, please.

[Rachel]

The question is if the ball is a fair ball if the baseline is a line from 1st to 3rd or if the baseline is from 1st to 2nd to 3rd. I think that in softball it is a line from 1st to 3rd and this would be a fair ball.

Timing play - force was off.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Rachel

The question is if the ball is a fair ball if the baseline is a line from 1st to 3rd or if the baseline is from 1st to 2nd to 3rd. I think that in softball it is a line from 1st to 3rd and this would be a fair ball.

Timing play - force was off.

And so how would you judge whether it crossed this line? I've got very little on the field with which to judge this.

[MNBlue]

Originally Posted by Rachel

The question is if the ball is a fair ball if the baseline is a line from 1st to 3rd or if the baseline is from 1st to 2nd to 3rd. I think that in softball it is a line from 1st to 3rd and this would be a fair ball.

Timing play - force was off.

If I remember right, Rachel, we had this discussion at the MSHSL State tournament 2 years ago. I believe we left the tent with a discrepency between ASA and NFHS.

ASA - the ball needs to land beyond the diamond (1B - 2B - 3B)
NFHS - the ball needs only to land beyond a diagonal from 1B to 3B to be fair

Is that what you remember as well?

[Rachel]

Mark:

Yes, that is what I remember I think. Baseball came into play in the discussion. The rest of the situation is not that hard to deal with. Mike is getting us to think of this. Right Mike?