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At the December 2009 and March 2010 meetings of the Indiana ASA Executive Board the “Fast Pitch Committee” was authorized to implement changes to the Fast Pitch game that were supported by the Fast Pitch Task Force (10/24/2009), the Fast Pitch Committee, and which were reasonable in supporting growth and sustaining play in the Men’s Fast Pitch game. These changes are the first since Pitcher classifications were established in 1999. These changes include:
All participants from the 2009 rosters of the following four (4) teams shall be listed on an Indiana ASA Fast Pitch Restricted player list and be posted on our web site. Any team comprised of more than one (1) pitcher, or a combination of one (1) pitcher and three (3) or more position players, or a total of four (4) or more players from the restricted player list shall be ineligible to compete at the Men’s Class C (or below) Fast Pitch level in Indiana. This shall not affect eligibility for the ASA Men’s Class C National Championship Finals.
Anderson Lawmen, Anderson;
D. C. Current, Bremen;
Duncan Outlaws, Elkhart;
Goshen Gators, Goshen
All participants from the 2009 roster of the Diamonds In The Rough, Chesterfield Men’s Class D Fast Pitch State Championship team shall be required to compete at the Class C level of play their next competing season. These participants names shall be listed on an Indiana ASA Fast Pitch Restricted player list and posted on our web site.
Men’s Class D Fast Pitch team shall be defined as:
A team whose pitchers have never pitched above the Class D level, or
Whose pitchers have been re-classified to the Class D level.
Furthermore, any position player who has competed above the Class D level who chooses to pitch at the Class D level, may pitch only and shall not be allowed to bat.
Any legal Men’s Class D Fast Pitch team may by paying another $25 team registration fee and competing with an identical roster is eligible to compete in the Men’s Class C Fast Pitch State Tournament.
Men’s Fast Pitch State Tournaments shall be three-game guarantee format. Entry fees will increase accordingly, $350 for C, $325 for D.
Men’s Fast Pitch State Tournaments shall be drawn by protecting teams from the same regions / leagues, then seeded for best possible play.
Sites without permanent or temporary fences installed between 245 – 260 feet shall not be considered to host a Men’s Fast Pitch State Tournaments.
State Tournament play shall begin on Friday evening (7 or 7:30 p.m.) with local teams playing if possible the first round, then a second round at 9 or 9:30 p.m. The goal is to schedule games on two-hour intervals, so that scheduling is more realistic and return no more than four teams and perhaps as few as one game, two if needed on Sunday. This allows the host to deal with inclement weather.
The preferred softball for Indiana ASA Men’s Fast Pitch is the Worth Dream Seam Leather Optic Yellow softball with a cork core.
In order to make the Men’s Fast Pitch Tournaments more appealing to Indiana ASA Umpires it was proposed that Managers encourage their players to hustle on and off the field, and take charge of and responsibility for their players conduct. In the past it has been tough to contract umpires for these events.
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