Re: Approved ASA Rule Changes

My perception interesting?  You're talking about baseball or softball
as you want or expect it to be with the new rule.  I'm referring to
how softball is played now.  Fielder camps out in front of bag to wait
for throw.  Runner knows she must find some way around and does so. 
Safety? I've watched about 4,000 softball games.  Most injuries are
from tipped balls into batter's face, then comebackers or shots to the
corners, then bad hops, then fielders colliding.  After that it gets
pretty random, freaky stuff. I've seen a few twisted ankles from
sliding into bag too hard.  I've seen no injury that I deem
attributable to the current rule and I have seen an awful lot of
exciting plays because of it(ie head first back-door slide around the
back of the catcher with a couple of fingers making contact with the
plate).  Old rule is safe because fielder concentrates on catching the
ball and runner on getting around the fielder to the bag/plate.  New
rule?  I fear many collisions with runners now steaming straight into
the bag and fielders concentrating on catching the ball and moving
into the bag at the same time--especially during transition while the
players get used to the new way.

Jerr.