Well, it seems the ASA could have used the review of a good editor before posting the changes:
Exhibit A:
"Rule 1- Designated Player (DP): The player who is initially on the line-up card in the teams batting order but in the defensive line-up."
I'm fairly certain that this should say "but NOT in the defensive line-up"; also it is the "team's batting order", not the "teams batting order".
Exhibit B (double base rule changes):
"Comments: This effects the Batter-runner on all balls hit to the outfield and there is a PLAY on the batter-runner."
First, the rule "affects" the Batter-runner, second "when" there is a PLAY
Exhibit A's omission of the word "not" raises an important substantive problem. ?My other comments simply prove that I haven't had my morning coffee and I'm cranky.
(I don't, however, want to completely discount my concern that many softball communications, including posts on OFC, contain a plethora of spelling and grammar mistakes. ?JTHeat might say these mistakes are irrelevant, but this is one of the few areas in which I [mildly] disagree with him. ?As many have pointed out, softball currently doesn't offer many professional experiences to high school or college players. ?I think we do the girls a disservice if we suggest by our own posts that spelling and proper grammar are not important in the real world.)