[carom]

Ok, quick question and I would appreciate feedback and opinions.

First a little background: I play in a coed recreational softball league that has divisions with teams that run the gamut from very serious teams who practice multiple times a week and play tournaments around the country to pretty novice. My team falls in the lower category as I really have no interest in practicing and I like to get together once a week with friends, drink some beers, and hit some dingers. Anyway, the league is about to introduce a rule where next year the game will be played with two different size balls (11" for female batters and 12" for men). The thought being that women are not as strong and can hit a smaller ball further.

I had never heard of this before, so my first question is has anyone ever had any experience with this before? Apparently it has been in the ISF rulebook for years.

Secondly what do people think about this? I am not in favour as I think it is discriminatory, reinforces stereotypes, and needlessly complicates the game. I am very interested in hearing what people think about this.