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Originally posted by Rog
Now I am under the impression that this is being changed in the 2001 FED rule book (along with the OTHER big issue).
Not as yet it seems -
http://www.nfhs.org/PR-BBall_pitch00.htm
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Rog, et. al.:
The new language is a considerable "clarification." The old language said: the entire glove completely below the chin. The new language says "at or below the chin."
I remind you guys that until
1985 the PRO interpretation was like the FED: The pitcher must stop below the chin. That year, Barney Deary speaking for Baseball Umpire Development (PBUC), ruled that the "head was part of the body," and thus legalizaed a stop above the shoulders.
Don't make fun of Barney. Many experts had always equated "body" with "torso," so Deary's interpretation broke new ground.
It's no big deal, and anyway, good pitching coaches all require the pitcher to drop farther down for his stop so that his body conceals the glove and pitching hand.