Proposed 2011 ASA Rule Changes Part I

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You better open up the rule book to the rule being changed. I think you are elsewhere.

The present rule 1.Fair Ball. E presently reads "Touches first, second or third base." Now go to 2.3.H where first base is defined as 15X30.

This change is to bring it in line with 2.3.H and 8.2.M.1. The wording is fine for the purpose meant.

I understand what they're going for and why they're doing it. What I'm not doing very well communicating is how they missed it. If someone were to open the book and read that rule having no idea what a fair ball was and they saw that it was a fair ball if it touched first (white part only). They would be wrong but well within the realm of reasonable reading to say that if it did not touch the white part only that it was foul ball (and avoiding that is the whole point of the change)

A simple change to the change could make this completely unambiguous. Touches the white portion of first base, second base, or third base. It's less words and easier to parse.
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