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It appears the site (from Switzerland) is only available
in English. A Spanish language translation appears to be under
construction. It would be interesting to see if the rules are in FFU
in other languages. also, how would the fields be set up if no FFU
measuring devices are available in a IBAF country.
I wonder what it would take for the IBAF to metricate
their rules.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, 2004-04-12 21:10
Subject: [USMA:29514] Olympic
Baseball
The rules for baseball according to the International Baseball
Federation are found at:
http://www.baseball.ch/2003/as/he/re/rule1.htm
They
are unfortunately entirely in Ye Olde English units (feet and inches). Here is
the first paragraph from that web page.
The
infield shall be a 90 foot square. The outfield shall be the area between
two foul lines formed by extending two sides of the square, as in Diagram 1.
The distance from home base to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction
on fair territory shall be 250 feet or more. A distance of 320 feet or more
along the foul lines, and 400 feet or more to center field is preferable.
The infield shall be graded so that the base lines and home plate are level.
The pitcher's plate shall be 10 inches above the level of home plate. The
degree of slope from a point 6 inches in front of the pitcher's plate to a
point 6 feet toward home plate shall be 1 inch to 1 foot, and such degree of
slope shall be uniform. The infield and outfield, including the boundary
lines, are fair territory and all other area is foul territory.
I
would expect that Olympic baseball would be governed by the rules of the
International Baseball Federation but I have not yet found anything to confirm
that.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
USA
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