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Mike: Baseball was first played in this country as the game of rounders brought over in the 18th century from England. If you check out the game of rounders, you will see that the delivery by the "bowler" is in an underhand pendullum-type swing.
Thank you. You have lent credence to my statement that baseball was pitched underhanded.
Mike: Now, does that sound like baseball?
YES. Baseball existed in this country for 50 years (pre-Civil War) before indoor baseball was created. Pitching was underhanded, but pitchers were pitching sidearm and throwing curves, both of which were outlawed by indoor baseball. Baseball continued to evolve from underhand to sidearm to overhand as we know it today. Softball did not evolve that way because of those restrictions written in 1887.
Mike: No, it is more like softball. Only a hard-headed baseball enthusiast would think otherwise
Ahhh, but a softball historian would know that the reason that softball is pitched underhand is because it was copied from baseball. Which pitched underhand at the time of the copy.
Mike: And, yes, slow pitch is the financial carrier of ASA. The fast pitch numbers are not even close.
I don't disagree, but that is not your original statement when you said However, SP carries softball organizations. I believe that the majority of FP is played outside of ASA. Therefore the total ratio of SP to FP participants IN THIS COUNTRY is smaller than it is within the ASA world.
Mike: And, try as you may, you still haven't offered a valid argument to keep the ball live.
I wont offer a rational argument, but will suggest an emotional one. FP umpires pride themselves on not calling time; of keeping the ball in play. It is the way we play the game! This difference between FP and SP has been discussed many times on this board and others. More than once Ive seen a crossover umpire kill play in a FP game and get called out on it. What are you doing, Blue? This is not slow pitch!
Anyone out there from the FP side want to support this argument?
WMB
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