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| Aug. 9 NORM14 1 posts | BATTING - RULE 12.3 D A new rule has been introduced as follows: The batter shall not step out of the box toward the pitcher - or run toward the pitcher - while swinging. EFFECT ball is dead, batter is out and the runners may not advance. Question ? Does this mean you cannot run up on a pitch? Will someone please explain it. Umpires and tournament officials will not enforce it. COMMENTS PLEASE ! |
| Aug. 9 LOBO Men's 50 39 posts | BATTING - RULE 12.3 D As long as you are in the batters box it should not make a difference whether you move up or back to hit the ball. If your front foot is out of the box when you hit the ball you are out anyway. Very few umpires will make that call unless your foot crosses over in front of the plate trying to hit an outside pitch. The reason why umpires do not want to make this call is because the white chalk lines that make up the batters box disappear after the first inning and they cannot tell where the batter's box should be. If I were to take a guess this may also have something to do with the fact that because they moved the pitching mound back they do not want a batter taking a running start and hitting the ball up the middle. I do not think it should make a difference if you move your feet or not when hitting the ball as long as you are in the batters box. Maybe there should be a rule that the batter cannot kick away the chalk in the front of the batters box. Other than forcing the batter not to move his feet, which is ridiculous, maybe they should create a thin rubber batters box instead of the white lines to prevent a batter from stepping outside the box to hit the ball. The catcher on my 50's team is in the Softball Hall of Fame and he runs up to hit the ball all of the time. Are you going to make him change his batting style? If they keep changing enough rules people are going to stop playing. The game is about the players and not the rules committee. I agree on rules to protect the players but I do not see this as a rule that needs to be changed. P.S. I am a pitcher and the ball comes back just as hard whether the batter is standing still or moving his feet.( I usually duck anyway so it really does not matter!!!!!) |
| Aug. 9 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | BATTING - RULE 12.3 D I believe the rule first appeared last year. While watching a game in Alpharetta at the Eastern Nationals last year I showed the Umpire in Charge the rule in the book. The team playing was one of the Chicago teams and many of them were running in the box. This was not the umpire calling the game but was watching the game. He seemed surprised when he read the rule and said that he "would never call a batter out for running in the box". I thought that the rule was deleted this year. In which rule book did you see this change? |
| Aug. 9 Fred Scerra Men's 80 542 posts | BATTING - RULE 12.3 D If you go to the home screen and go SSUSA Rules article you will find that wording corrected. The made an error in the new wording on that rule and the way it reads is not was intended. They tried to clarify a point and ended up changing the meaning of the rule but was corrected for 2004. That is the problem when you try to save money and print a rule book for 2 years. |
