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Originally Posted by Rita C
This was 11-12 softball. Dropped third strike applies.
2 outs. 2 strikes on batter. No scoreboard, players not paying attention to umpire.
Uncaught third, batter doesn't run. Ball is thrown back to pitcher who gets on the rubber because she thinks there is another pitch. Coach, who is aware of the count, yells at pitcher to throw to first, which she does without disengaging rubber.
What should be the call?
Rita
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Rita, you may consider this insignificant, but it really isn't.
There is no "rubber" in softball. If you really think you are a softball umpire, then you should call it what SOFTBALL calls it; a pitcher's plate. Just like no mound; that is the circle.
Respect the game, use the game's terminology.
That said, it really matters NOT that the pitcher happened to be in contact with he pitcher's plate while making a play. Not a pitch, therefore not an illegal pitch. The question, like the terminology, reeks of baseball, not softball.