Thread: Legal pitch?
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Old Thu May 26, 2016, 07:53am
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Originally Posted by RKBUmp View Post
Then it is a completely legal pitch. If her feet are in a legal position to start she is in fact pushing off from the pitching plate even though her heel lifts off.
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
This^^^

For all those in the "must be in contact" when releasing the ball corner, I doubt that 95% of the pitches thrown meet such a demand.
Sure, but if (for example) you had in your association an umpire who was also a lawyer, he would point out that the pitch is illegal by the letter of the rule.

That argument does work, doesn't it?
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