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| May 23 Bob50 Men's 60 242 posts | In a senior tournament in Pekin, Illinois, yesterday there was some discussion over the correct ruling for application of the one-up home run rule in the bottom of the final inning. Question one--can a team go one-up in the bottom of the last inning? Question two-- can a team go one-up in the bottom of the last inning to win the game? Who knows? Is this an ASA rule or a senior softball rule? If it is a senior softbal rule how can we get hold of a book that describes how the rule is applied? The tournament director made an executive decision and we followed his ruling that the home team could go one up in the bottom to win the game. As it turned out the rule became a moot point but could have caused a problem in the deciding game for the tournament. Chicago Classics Red, Majors Bob Schulz |
| May 23 JOHN BOB Men's 60 76 posts | NSA started the one-up home run rule & the only time home can hit a home run in last inning is when visting team is one up already . |
| May 23 DaveDowell Men's 70 4324 posts | Bob50 ... I'm not sure what the NSA rule is, but the SSWC rule in this situation is not as John Bob posted ... The Senior Softball USA 2005-2006 Rulebook at Section 13.3(6) on page 82 discusses this exact factual situation and reads as follows: 13.3(6) GAME WINNING HOME RUN A team may hit the go-ahead home run to win a game. EXAMPLE: The home team is behind one run in the bottom of the seventh inning and both teams have hit an equal number of home runs during the game. The home team may hit a home run and go "One-Up" on the opposing team AND win the game. Hope this helps! DAVE |
| May 23 Nancy Allen Men's 55 1438 posts | Ok, first let's talk about NSA, and then SSWC. NSA started the one-up rule as sort of an equalizer. The first year either team could go up in the last inning (seventh or beyond unless it is a qualifier with a clock). Some directors decided that it gave the home team an unfair advantage; so they changed the wording that the home team could not go one-up in the seventh (this is different than what NSA players usually paraphrase as one-up to win) the next year and every year since. Now in senior qualifiers until we get to the Nationals, many tournaments do not have enough teams or enough teams rated the same to go by what our actual division rules are; so tournaments usually have special rules for that tournament only. For SSWC at the Nationals home run limits are Major Plus 5, Major 3, AAA 1, and AA 0. In the top three divisions the one-up rule applies. They do not differentiate between visitors or home (like NSA was originally written). All home runs in excess of one-up are singles. As Dave put (thanks), SSWC does use the language "to win" rather than just go one-up. Always make sure that you get any written rules at qualifiers straight before you get into a situation (one of my jobs for our team), Remember no matter what association or age group that rule books are for state, national, and regional play, and you may encounter anything in tournaments that are not those three. Just be flexible, and expect anything. |
