brief version of ASA rules

[greymule]

Sierra means mountains. Just as Sahara means desert, so Sierra Mountains and Sahara Desert are redundant. I didn't know that Nevada meant snowy. I assumed it was the name of an Indian tribe.

OK, what's odd about the song title Down in the Boondocks?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Andy

Mike R...you want to take this?

Yeah, Momma Gump was right.

When someone registers a team or as an umpire a rule book is included for less than $20 (to ASA).

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by greymule

Sierra means mountains. Just as Sahara means desert, so Sierra Mountains and Sahara Desert are redundant. I didn't know that Nevada meant snowy. I assumed it was the name of an Indian tribe.

OK, what's odd about the song title Down in the Boondocks?

Did you ever think that maybe some english speaking people took it over and added some words to it to make it more clear to their fellow English speaking people?

Times were much simpler before PC ...

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by steveshane67

i already have a copy of the full rule book. and why ASA feels the need to charge ~$20 for its rules is beyond me, i found a pdf online.

what i was asking for is if anyone knew of any league websites that may have went through the rule book and wrote a cliffs notes version of just the SP appropriate rules.

Is the PDF part of ASA's website? If not, then how can you believe the veracity of it? In a nutshell, you can't. That is why we all use the rule book. There is no short cut to understanding the game. Quit trying to find one.

[Snocatzdad]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Is the PDF part of ASA's website? If not, then how can you believe the veracity of it? In a nutshell, you can't. That is why we all use the rule book. There is no short cut to understanding the game. Quit trying to find one.

USSSA has some faults, but having their rule book online is a nice feature. I like having a hardcopy, but being able to search for key words in an online rule book is pretty nice. Plus you can cut and paste relevant rules when answering questions.

[greymule]

Boondocks has come to mean the sticks or, in the case of the song, an inferior neighborhood, but it actually means mountains in Tagalog. (American servicemen in WW II brought the term home from the Philippines.) So down in the mountains doesn't quite add up.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by greymule

OK, what's odd about the song title Down in the Boondocks?

Well, as everyone knows, "boondocks" is derived from from the Tagalog word for "mountain", so the song really should be Up in the Boondocks. Unless the word has acquired a different definition in English usage.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Paul L

Well, as everyone knows, "boondocks" is derived from from the Tagalog word for "mountain", so the song really should be Up in the Boondocks. Unless the word has acquired a different definition in English usage.

And when I was in the service, "boondockers" were my boots.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Paul L

...Unless the word has acquired a different definition in English usage.

Which, of course, it has.

When one language acquires a word from another language, there is no licensing agreement requiring the word to keep the same meaning. This would be especially true of place names.

[SC Ump]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Times were much simpler before PC ...

I learned "tidal wave" in school, but around the mid-70's the media got all up in arms... "It should not be called tidal wave; it has nothing to do with the tides. It should be called tsunami."

Twenty years later, I learn tsunami translated mean "habor wave." So I'm glad I now know these waves only strike in the habors and not on the normal beaches.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by SC Ump

I learned "tidal wave" in school, but around the mid-70's the media got all up in arms... "It should not be called tidal wave; it has nothing to do with the tides. It should be called tsunami."

Twenty years later, I learn tsunami translated mean "harbor wave." So I'm glad I now know these waves only strike in the harbors and not on the normal beaches.

Well, then, the people of Superior, WI had better be on the alert!

[wadeintothem]

Did you know the human head weighs 8 pounds?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Well, then, the people of Superior, WI had better be on the alert!

People live in Superior, WI?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

People live in Superior, WI?

So I've been told...

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Did you know the human head weighs 8 pounds?

All human heads?