1-1-2b
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Changed the female fast-pitch pitching distance to 43 feet effective with the 2010-11 academic year. NOTE: Individual state associations are permitted to adopt the 43-feet distance in 2009-10, if desired.
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1-5
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Identified and specified guidelines for each part of the bat, including: knob, handle/grip, taper, barrel and end cap. In addition, the rule clarifies that the taper must be a solid surface.
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3-2-12
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Added an exception to permit hard, unadorned devices, such as bobby pins, barrettes and hair clips, no longer than 2 inches, to be worn to control a player’s hair.
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9-6-6
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Changed the required number of innings pitched to half of the total number of innings played in the game for a starting pitcher to be credited with a win.
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2010 MAJOR EDITORIAL Changes
1-3-3
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An eighth of an inch was added to the maximum circumference of both 11- and 12-inch softballs, to 11¼ and 12¼, respectively.
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2-20-1f
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Clarified that a batted ball is fair if it first falls or is first touched on or over fair territory beyond first, second, or third base.
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3-1-3
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Clarified that a team’s lineup card shall include the first initial and last name of each player.
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8-2-9
Note
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Added a note to clarify that the batter-runner is called out when she hits an infield fly even when the infield fly is not initially called, if brought to the umpire’s attention before the next pitch.
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2010 POINTS OF EMPHASIS
1. Illegal Pitch Enforcement
2. Three-Foot Running Lane
3. Non-Traditional Game Equipment
4. DP/FLEX Rule
2010 and 2011 MAJOR MANUAL REVISIONS
1. Navy blue slacks were added as a uniform option.
2. Positioning for a field umpire was changed back to being no closer than 18 feet from the base for force plays.
3. Between innings, the plate umpire will now take a position facing the field at the first baseline extended when the team in the first-base dugout is coming to bat and the third baseline extended when the team in the third base dugout is coming to bat.