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Old Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:35pm
Andy Andy is offline
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Originally Posted by RKBUmp View Post
My daughters team played a game at gold nationals a few years ago on one of the outlying fields where the bases had accidentally been set at 65'. No one noticed until the next teams where about to start. As Andy has said, it just killed the short game. Slappers who would normally have been safe by a step were being thrown out by 1/2 step. What ever gains the offense got with moving the pitcher back to 43 would be offset by the added length of the bases.
He would know...his daughter is FAST!
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