identifying runners

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by steveshane67

so baseball does it the "easier" way, and someone sometime ago decided that softball would do it the "harder" way just to be different, and everyones followed suit since?

Frankly, I don't see why it's so difficult. R1 is always the lead runner, R2 is behind R1, R3 is behind R2. It goes with the batting order. What's so hard about that?

[ronald]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Frankly, I don't see why it's so difficult. R1 is always the lead runner, R2 is behind R1, R3 is behind R2. It goes with the batting order. What's so hard about that?

Nothing. It is so simple that some think it is hard, I guess

[steveshane67]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Frankly, I don't see why it's so difficult. R1 is always the lead runner, R2 is behind R1, R3 is behind R2. It goes with the batting order. What's so hard about that?

its not that its difficult, its just a "flawed" system IMO. Like I said earlier, when you have to specify what bases R1 R2 are on its just unnecessary (obv you dont need to specify R3 bc he can only be on 1st), its almost like having to say the leadoff batter batting first.

When you can use a system like R1 always corresponds to a runner on 1st, R2 -> 2nd, R3 -> 3rd, thus when you have a situation like 1st and 3rd, currently you have to say R1 is on 3rd, R2 is on 1st, which is a whole lot more wordy than saying R3, R1.