AtlUmpSteve |
Wed Jan 30, 2013 04:46pm |
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
(Post 875872)
If memory serves correctly, at one time NFHS softball was the same as baseball, but changed a while back.
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Yes, NFHS Softball used to use the string theory for fair/foul, but changed. Unlike baseball, it simply said it is a fair ball if the batted ball first landed beyond first or third base, and NFHS people applied the baseball ruling. The only way to get (sometimes baseball) umpires to address the softball rule was to change the wording.
Similar with the interpretation most apply to when a catcher needs to wear a mask. Softball (all versions) says any time warming up a pitcher; but most people choose to ignore if warming up a pitcher and standing up. I submit that if that was what softball wanted, it would say what baseball says, that the catcher must wear a mask when squatting to assume a catching position.
I know I can't figure out how it is warming up if the catcher is squatting, but not warming up if standing; either way, the pitcher is being warmed up. But, I also know that will not change without adding more specific language to the rule; just like happened in NFHS.
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