Extremely Quick Pitcher

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

At lower levels, I will call time to prevent it. It is usually innocent, but dangerous nonetheless. The last thing I ever want is to have a 16 year-old look up just in time to see a fastball about to hit him in the face, with no time to react.

I agree that this can be a game management issue, and I too have dealt with it that way. I thought that the question concerned enforcement of a ruling of "quick pitch."

I did not mean to suggest that the only way to deal with the situation was to wait for the pitch.