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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
...The angle also doesn't prove the "batter's box to batter's box" comment. However, if an umpire did accomplish such a fete, I don't see how s/he could possibly be in the slot....
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I said, "The PU's feet
almost seem to go from batter's box to batter's box..."
"Almost seem" means only that it appears as if they do from the pictures.
That pic was one I found quickly using google image search. I've seen better examples, but couldn't find one with a quick search. Someone posted a video clip from the WCWS that also showed the superwide stance, although from a distance and kind of fuzzy in a youtube video sort of way.
No one should take any of this in any way as a criticism of the umpires who call at this level. It is merely a curiosity about the rationale behind the stance, since they all seem to do it, which implies that it is mandated.
I still think it looks goofy. As in unnatural or perhaps sumo-esque.