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Originally posted by Dakota
"About to receive" does not mean the same thing as "setting up to receive" or "ready to receive." It means the ball is closer to the fielder than the runner is.
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By "closer" I assume you mean time-wise (less time for the ball to arrive than for the runner to arrive at the location of the defender)?
The fastest runners might move at about 20 mph whereas the fastest throws might move at about 90 mph. Well probably not quite those numbers in high school softball... but your statement really caught me as unusual...
So a ball moving four times as fast as the runner could be four times farther away in distance and yet arrive at the same time as the runner.
I think it is a creative way to think of "about to receive" but I'm not convinced of it's validity.