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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 06:08pm
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Yeah, from what I've heard, "we" have to be able to see the pitcher's plate - F1 has to be in contact when she releases the ball. I got the same explanation - It's an ASA thing.

What's funny though is to have an ASA guy on the bases during a baseball game and watch him clean the rubber and 2B - talk about WTF? I wasn't sure I could keep from laughing.
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 06:37pm
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F1 has to be in contact when she releases the ball.
Not true..
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 06:57pm
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Not true..
OK...

I'll make it right - they brush it off cuz they have to see it for some reason.
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 07:46pm
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Nice mouth, thinking "WTF" around a lady!
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 08:22pm
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Nice mouth, thinking "WTF" around a lady!

If you only knew half the things I thought around her
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 08:39pm
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Then, why do FP umpires clean off the rubber? Is it a required mechanic in softball?

If memory serves, watching the College World Series, the pitchers were 2-3 feet in front of the rubber as they released the ball.
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I found an entire forum dedicated to answering this kind of question. Check it out!

http://tinyurl.com/2ovevw
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Old Thu Aug 02, 2007, 08:54pm
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Then, why do FP umpires clean off the rubber? Is it a required mechanic in softball?

If memory serves, watching the College World Series, the pitchers were 2-3 feet in front of the rubber as they released the ball.
I think he meant that F1 doesn't have to be in contact when she releases the ball as I stated (I really need to find better sources!!!)

Hey, Erie, since when can she hear what I'm thinking? We'd all have dislocated jaws if women could hear everything we think around them. He didn't say that he verbalized it.
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is this a softball FORUM now?
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If memory serves, watching the College World Series, the pitchers were 2-3 feet in front of the rubber as they released the ball.
Exactly. There's no requirement to be in contact with the rubber at the time the pitch is released. Same as in baseball - it's a starting point.
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There's no requirement to be in contact with the rubber at the time the pitch is released. Same as in baseball

How's that again?
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There's no requirement to be in contact with the rubber at the time the pitch is released. Same as in baseball

How's that again?
There is no requirement to be in contact with the rubber at the time the pitch is released. Same as in baseball.

He only need be in contact at the time of the pitch. It is nearly impossible to stay in contact with the rubber at the time of the release, as the pitcher's momentum and weight has shifted onto his front leg.
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It is nearly impossible to stay in contact with the rubber at the time of the release, as the pitcher's momentum and weight has shifted onto his front leg.
http://www.newbalancetampa.com/blog/.../pitcherNB.jpg

http://www.craiggibsonbaseball.com/B...NewRelease.jpg
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Thank you for illustrating my point, fitty.
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