Brushing off the picthing plate and the bases

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by etn_ump

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.