quote:Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
I was hoping to see FED do something similar (or identical) to what the NCAA has done with the batters box and the hit-by-pitch. Instead they are working on making sure we have to buy a lot of different equipment.... I guess if I was on the rules committee and getting all those free shirts, shoes, and jackets I'd be happier about it.
The difference between NCAA and FED only affect what happens AFTER a batter is hit by a pitch. No rule affects the batter getting hit by a pitch.
Buying extra equipment, also, is not dictated or necessitated by a rule, rather by a reaction to an event, which the rule, after the fact, addresses.