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Originally posted by Just Curious
Steve...
Most of the time, I have been starting with 2 new balls... The home coach will hand them to me just before the game.. So from what you stated above, I should get the balls as soon as I can and get them into the warm-up as soon as I can?
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Chuck,
I'd rather not have the coach hand me brand new balls just before the first pitch. Let the pitchers warmup with them and then you take the balls from the pitchers at the pregame plate meeting. We do this for high school, college, and ASA games. Each pitcher will be given a game ball to warm up with. I pitched a little baseball many years ago but was never good enough as a pitcher to get finicky about what ball was what - I threw the ball I was given. Softball pitchers - men, women, and girls - at all levels have got to be the most finicky folks I've ever seen. Either that or their sense of touch is incredibly sensitive. And either way, since they've warmed up with it (maybe), they think they're comfortable with this particular ball.
Steve M