ASA sub question
 

ASA 10U tourney time...coach dad here...top of the 4th inning I report to home team coach and the pu who is solo and in shorts by the way, and he tells me I can't sub until the bottom of the inning because players have to play defense before they can play offense. Again I've only done nfhs and NCAA and I don't remember s restriction like that, I've done a little u-trip slow pitch with a league rule requiring players to play 3 outs on defense if they bat ...

Is there an ASA rule I'm missing, if so please point me to reference, I haven't found anything. I did check the league/tournament exceptions for this event and nothing was mentioned.

No such rule you can sub for a player at any time including in the middle of an at bat.

... and including at the plate meeting right after you have submitted your official lineup.

Must've been a Texas transplant. :D

No shorts permitted in fast pitch in North Texas.

ITB, OC comes to me (as BU) and asks if he can put a sub in for the runner he's going to put on 2B. I say, "sure, but let my partner know about it ". As I'm walking out to my position, I overhear the conversation, and the PU tells OC "you can sub for your runner, but she has to advance one base first" :eek:
OC was sure, no problem.
I know I should have intervened...

Funny, and here I was thinking he must be a Virginia transplant. :D

Not that I have ever heard of, though there have certainly been times I wish there were. :)

Sitting around at the umpire tent during a break at a tournament yesterday. An umpire arrives for the mid-monring "shift". He is parading around in his black compression tights and compression shirt and hat.

I remarked that all he needed was his ball bag and he would be ready to go ;).

Well.... he then said that he once arrived at a baseball game he was assigned to and realized he did not have any of his umpire pants in the car, so he called the game with his umpire shirt, belt & ball bags, and leg guards over his tights. No pants! :eek: