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Didn't see this personally but I was told in 3rd inning of a HS tourney game yesterday that the PU went to the circle and had the pitcher remove a flesh colored bandaid from the middle knuckle of her pitching hand.
I know the pitcher can't have any object that would cause a distraction but if a pitcher has a cut finger what, besides a flesh colored bandaid, could she use?
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Sun Mar 20, 2005, 10:35am
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NFHS 6.2.2: no tape on contact points of pitching hand.
Logic would say that this is not tape. Tape would increase the friction of the contact points, whereas a bandaid would provide less friction than the bare hand. However, absent any official interpretation (is bandaid a tape?), I normally require the pitcher to remove the bandaid or play another position until the injury heals. WMB
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Mon Mar 21, 2005, 03:55am
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Sure the rulebook says the pitcher cannot 'wear' something on his/her pitching arm/hand.
(Though I'm not sure ALL rulebooks say that after this: http://www.fastpitch.it/immagini/200...as%20068a.jpg) In my opinion, bandaid on a finger is part of this rule. It's illegal. Will I ask the pitcher to remove it during a game? Can't say that for sure... It depends on many different factors (e.g. he/she's using by this means a foreign substance, e.g. the opposing coach ask me to check it and/or to enforce the rule...) A.
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Mon Mar 21, 2005, 04:20am
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Antonella,
That's what I meant when I said I wasn't sure why I would "see" the bandaid. If there's something on the ball, yes, I see it. However, it's on the middle knuckle, not the finertip - so there's most likely no extra friction coming from it.
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Mon Mar 21, 2005, 04:59am
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Steve,
I agree with you 100%. I wonder if also in this kind of situations preventive officiating will help a lot. If I see something illegal like this (bandaid on a finger) during warm-up pitches, I can go to the pitcher after he/she finish and check it (e.g. I will let the others believe I want to check/change the game ball). A.
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Mon Mar 21, 2005, 08:49am
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The only way I would see a *flesh* colored bandaide is if it was brought
to my attention my someone. After all, umpires can't see and it is *flesh* colored. 
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