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Another reason - SP catchers don't have to put equipment on. I've umped and seen many games where it takes the FP catcher several minutes to get her equipment on. Sometimes it is faulty equipment. Sometimes it is catcher inexperience and no coach is helping. Sometimes it is a player who doesn't want to be catcher and is stalling. I've also seen warm up pitches take a minute or 2. The catcher doesn't catch it and it rolls around the back stop while the catcher WALKS to get it. On the throw to the pitcher it goes into the outfield and no outfielder seems to notice. When they do and throw it back to the pitcher it is over her head and past the catcher. You can guess what occassionally happens next. Not much you can do about this.
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