Proposed ASA SP Rules Changes

[Dakota]

Originally posted by David Emerling
ASA 5-4-E: A forfeited game shall be declared by the umpire in favor of the team not at fault in the following cases: If a team employs tactics noticeably designed to delay or to hasten the game.

What would be some examples of this?

Hear, hear.

This rule is toothless since the circumstances are so vague that invoke it and the penalty so severe. The only way I have successfully used this rule is as the basis of a warning.

I'd like to see as clear a definition as possible of what kind of "tactics" are included in this, and what kind aren't. I have long maintained that otherwise legal tactics (e.g. taking practice swings) can violate this rule if they meet the test of being "noticeably designed do delay."

I also believe there should be a rule that says that time can never expire until the current batter's at-bat has concluded

I believe that is already the rule, unless time has expired during the bottom of the inning and the home team just scored to go ahead.