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| April 6, 2016 Craig21 | Topic: Insurance Discussion: Insurance to Play on City Fields Our senior softball league has been playing in our town for decades and when our teams went to the Parks & Rec Dept last week to pay for the fields for our summer season our city, out of the blue, told us each team has to have a one million dollar insurance policy to play and practice on their fields. We are blindsided by their new policy. Our "league" is rather informal. We have no league dues, budget or fees. Mostly we are just a bunch of old guys who get together regularly to play softball in town when we are not playing in half-century etc. Has anyone run into this sort of conflict in your town? Obviously we are not in a position to purchase a one million dollar policy, so at the moment it is looking like our city is going to kill our "league". Not sure how we can resolve this. Thanks! |
| Jan. 9, 2016 Craig21 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double Force Out at the Plate We had a play occur in our senior softball game last Thursday which I cannot find a rule that explains the proper call. Two runners are on when the batter hits a long single. The lead runner attempts to score so there is a play at the plate. A good throw comes in and the runner is out by two steps. Immediately after the out call is made at the plate the catcher naturally steps off the plate to check the runners at 3rd and 1st to keep them from advancing or straying too far off their base. However, unbeknownst to the catcher, the runner behind the player who was just thrown out at the plate is just two steps behind that lead runner! When the lead runner was thrown out at the plate, the next runner was passed the commitment line. I do not know whether that is relevant. What is the call on the second runner at the plate? The offensive team claims that since the catcher pulled his foot off the plate after the initial call, the second runner should be called safe at the plate. The defensive team contends that since both runners were passed the commitment line that the out call at the plate applies to both runners. Again, I could not find anything in the rules that describes a proper call in this situation. What should the appropriate call be? Thanks! |
