ASA Rules Approved by Playing Rules Committee

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Please note, these must still be approved by the General Council:

Change Women's SP max fence distance to 300'

All adult SP except Seniors move bases to 70' - effective in 2013

Men's adult SP except Seniors move bases to 70'

Allow wooden bats made before 2000 to be legal without ASA stamp

Allowing Seniors to use 1.21 BPF bats

Clarify knob specifications

Clarify safety "grip" as opposed to "tape" and reduce the minimum coverage to 6"

Reinstate heating of a bat as a manner of altering it's characteristics

Change HR limits in Men's A to 10

Allows the BR to advance beyond 1B only if there is a play made on another runner or there is an errant throw.

Clarifies intentional interference with a batted ball a fielder has missed