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Coaches paying more attention to proper IF depth (for a given situation) would work just as well to counteract high-speed GB eating up IF as moving the bases back and not slow the game down any. Moving fences back is just an effort to reward pitchers for inducing bad contact and not giving up a pop fly HR...The idea is to reward good execution not to penalize offenses.
Think of it this way..the furthest HR hit in baseball are around 500 ft and the furthest fence distances are around 400 ft (in CF). You rarely see poor contact in baseball result in a HR. In softball the best hitters can hit the ball close to 300 ft...work out what the fence distance in CF should be if the ratio would be made the same for softball and adjust 10 ft either way if you want. Either that or some smart person can figure out what the fence height should be to give an equivalent (or near equivalent) effect if you don't have the space to move the fences...
Think of it this way..the furthest HR hit in baseball are around 500 ft and the furthest fence distances are around 400 ft (in CF). You rarely see poor contact in baseball result in a HR. In softball the best hitters can hit the ball close to 300 ft...work out what the fence distance in CF should be if the ratio would be made the same for softball and adjust 10 ft either way if you want. Either that or some smart person can figure out what the fence height should be to give an equivalent (or near equivalent) effect if you don't have the space to move the fences...
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