Always something new under the sun!

ASA/NYSSOBLUE · #1 (**permalink**) Thu May 16, 2013, 08:37pm

JV game between two fairly small schools...the home team - and it is ALWAYS the home team - had....drum roll.....EIGHT players. Yes - in high school ball.

Men's ball, sure - in fact, in my men's game last night, one team had eight to start. And it was a very easy and pleasant 4 1/2 inning 10 run rule game.

It was very....odd...to having to ask the scorekeeper occasionally which #s in the b.o. was due up in a hs game. And, of course, the visitors could not quite get that 15 run lead...until, of course, the 7th inning....

another week of hs games!

RKBUmp · #2 (**permalink**) Thu May 16, 2013, 09:05pm

FED rules? Thought FED require 9 to start the game? Can end short handed, but cant start shorthanded.

Steve M · #3 (**permalink**) Thu May 16, 2013, 09:18pm

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Originally Posted by RKBUmp

FED rules? Thought FED require 9 to start the game? Can end short handed, but cant start shorthanded.

NY state plays school ball using ASA rules.
Dunno if they made any modifications, but...

ASA/NYSSOBLUE · #4 (**permalink**) Thu May 16, 2013, 10:12pm

Yeah - ASA with some mods. My partner (who also has been around for a while) and I could not think of NYSSO having a rule about needing nine. AFAWK the ASA rule applied. I sent an email to our interp, just to be safe!

EsqUmp · #5 (**permalink**) Fri May 17, 2013, 06:29am

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Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

Yeah - ASA with some mods. My partner (who also has been around for a while) and I could not think of NYSSO having a rule about needing nine. AFAWK the ASA rule applied. I sent an email to our interp, just to be safe!

You're correct. There is no NYSPHSAA/NYSSO difference here to the ASA rule. Can start or finish with 8 (other than for ejection, of course).

About asking the scorekeeper, though: Why not just note the last person to bat in the previous inning, know who the 8th hitter in the line-up is and take a look at your line-up card? If #22 is the 8th hitter, you know there is an out after her, unless they sub for her...oh wait, they have no subs

ASA/NYSSOBLUE · #6 (**permalink**) Fri May 17, 2013, 08:37pm

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Originally Posted by EsqUmp

You're correct. There is no NYSPHSAA/NYSSO difference here to the ASA rule. Can start or finish with 8 (other than for ejection, of course).

About asking the scorekeeper, though: Why not just note the last person to bat in the previous inning, know who the 8th hitter in the line-up is and take a look at your line-up card? If #22 is the 8th hitter, you know there is an out after her, unless they sub for her...oh wait, they have no subs

Well - I was working bases, and I really only did it the first time through - but still...odd...