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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
We have a 46" HD TV screen, and on at least two different occasions close ups showed that it was most definitely white and covered the index finger of her pitching hand from its tip to its second knuckle.
MTD, Sr.
P.S. And I am blind in one eye and can't see out of the other and I could tell what color and how much of her finger was covered.  |
The police interview 3 witnesses to a hit and run accident. All three describe the vehicle as a different color and one says it was a pickup truck and the other 2 say it was a car.
Perhaps your TV needs the white balance adjusted.
My TV is not as ostentatious as yours. I saw it as just below her fingernail and covering the first knuckle from the end of her finger. I.E. regular Band-Aid size.
I think your outrage that this was permitted to happen has resulted in some embellishment on your part.
What we didn't see (and I was channel flipping) was if there was some discussion with the umpire(s) prior to the game. And I didn't see (again flipping) any complaints by the opposing coach.
The young lady pitched an excellent game, particularly since she's only a freshman and went the distance.
BTW, that pitcher did not have overpowering speed, she relies a lot on spinning the ball and changing speeds. The index finger is the most important digit for pitchers (other than opposable thumbs
) in commanding a pitch. Trying to throw a pitch with a Band-Aid or tape to the end of the index finger is actually counter-productive as it reduces the feel of the finger on the ball. So unless there was some illegal substance on that Band-Aid or tape I think it was perfectly fine. Given that she threw well over 100 pitches in the game, the bandage likely was changed out several time during the game.
And I don't even call NCAA.