Ok I am going to be the jerk again....WHO CARES?? Pitches fall into two catagories legal and illegal. Why do we have to seperate them any farther. I know it is fun and everyone likes to be right and get mad when they are wrong....but on the field call it illegal and describe in 5-10 words why it was illegal and don't use crow hop or leap in any of your descriptions. To me it is just going to start a long discussion about these definations that might not even be able to get cleared up by reading the book....so use what is in the book, coach she replanted prior to releasing the pitch. That is illegal and it can be found in the rule book, no doubt. Or coach her foot came off the ground as she pushed away from the pitching plate. (Leap) but my wording can be found in the book no chance of taking away from the pertinent information (illegal pitch is correct call) by adding the chance of an arguement of whether or not I am correct in the variation of illegal pitch it was. Or even worse lets say WMB and Altumpsteve are on the same field one at 1st and 1 at 3rd....in a rotated position WMB calls the pitcher illegal and says "she leaped" then in the next couple plays they are in a rotated position and AUS calls the same pitcher same mechanic a crow hop. Boy won't that be a fun discussion.
Agian I have said in on another board, to me it is vitially critical that we understand every aspect of an illegal pitch what made it illegal and how to explain it to a coach, but we don't need to belittle each other and "fight" about what to name the pitch....it has a name illegal!!! no reason several pitches can't have the same name...I am not the only Dave in the world!!
