From an umpire's point of view, wristbands are the worst thing that has happened to softball in the last 20 years. If both teams are using them, they add 15-30 minutes to the length of the game. In my area, it seems every coach is trying to outdo his/her opponent by coming up with a more...
I've read every post and unless I missed something, no one has called this "Coach's OBSTRUCTION". Illegal calling of time is a form of verbal obstruction. This play cannot be called 'Interference', since to have that you must have an immediate dead ball and an out. In this case of verbal...
In Federation Fast-Pitch, when a Pitcher/Catcher conference takes place, are baserunners (especially the one on 2nd), allowed to leave their bases and cross the foul lines to confer with a base coach? Either I read somewhere that they cannot, or I dreamed it. I can't find the rule that...