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Originally Posted by youngump
Most slow pitch style pitching that hits the plate passes through the strike zone, no? Unless she's pitching low or going around the strike zone.
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While that is true, NFHS 7-2-2 Effect says "Any pitch that touches the plate shall be called a ball if the batter does not swing at it."
ASA 7-5.A also makes a ball that touches home plate in fastpitch a ball, if not swung at.
According to the "old regime", that rule exists for consistency, not because they believed it couldn't be a strike.