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Mon Jul 09, 2018, 04:16pm
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2019 NFHS Rule Changes
Biggest change: Illegal pitch penalty is now a ball on the batter; runners don't advance.
http://nfhs.org/articles/equipment-r...rules-changes/ (archive link)
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Mon Jul 09, 2018, 05:53pm
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If the penalty for an IP is now only a ball on the batter, maybe more umpires will have the balls to call the IP.
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Mon Jul 09, 2018, 09:03pm
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Agree with Tru in Blu. MAYBE ... some umps will feel like they can step up and make the call.
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Mon Jul 09, 2018, 10:17pm
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Discussion revolved around the IP doesn't really affect the runner in any manner. The NCAA and now HS have made the change and hopefully USA will follow suit this fall
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Tue Jul 10, 2018, 06:47am
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Didn't appear to make that much of a difference in NCAA this year. Yes, there were more called but still plenty of illegal pitchers being ignored.
The problem now is, so many umpires have just been ignoring illegal pitches for so long, will they really start seeing what they haven't been for the last 5, 10 or more years?
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Tue Jul 10, 2018, 07:55am
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If the rules relax IP penalties, then do away with IP's all together (i.e. allow leaping, stepping back, etc).
Supposed the count is 0-2. What really stops the pitcher from, say, stepping forward a few inches in front before starting the pitch? Sure, it's illegal. If it is called, no big deal, the count is now 1-2. If not called, it gets thrown by the batter for strike three if not called. I say just go with international pitching rule.
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