I have to add that the cameral angle, IMO and as Dakota mentioned, hinders our ability to see just how far her wrist is away from her body. I believe that the plate umpire had a nice view of this and had his own reasons for not making the call. On the other hand, the original post states that she was seen at other fields all weekend. That tells me that no one was calling her illegal. So, maybe we jump to another thread about illegal pitches not being called as instructed by tournament UICs. We don't know what the umpire was directed or not directed to look for or let go at this tournament. I also have to agree with Dakota that maybe you didn't give the umpire a little freedom to make the call (even though you pointed it out during her warm-ups). You may have stole his thunder for all we know.
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Wade Ireland
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