Cat
 

Picking nits here a bit...and speaking ASA...

Anything wrong with this? Cite the rule(s).

http://spysoftball.com/IMG_8302copy.jpg

Cat
 

Her rear foot is not dragging on/touching the ground.

I don't have rulebook in hand so I can't cite the rule.

Rule 6 Section 3
I. Pushing off and dragging the pivot foot in contact with the ground is required. If a hole has been created, the pivot foot may drag no higher than the level plane of the ground.

Post this over on the eteamz board and ask Sam.......:D

My psychic abilities must be in tune today. I knew exactly what this thread would be about before opening it. :D

I didn't
I almost didn't open it because I thought it was a cutsie story about a cat loose on a softball field that delayed play or something. :o

6.3.E (Wrist no father than the elbow) may be called but not from the angle of the photo. That leaping thing. NOBODY ever calls it on her why be the first.

Bugg

How do we know that her foot was not dragging and had bounced up slightly in this photo?

Because it is Cat, and everyone knows she does not usually drag.....

She is within a few hundreths of a second of releasing the ball. She has planted her stride foot and stopped her forward motion. After a legal drag, she is picking up her foot to allow her shoulders to come up and hips to close. Her foot will then set down to the side in a defensive position.

Legal. (At least based on this stop-motion photo.) But then we all know that nobody can be that good - so she must be illegal! :rolleyes:

WMB

I see nothing from this. I vote legal.

IMHO, if she were employing "leap and drag" :eek: her front foot would be out of the circle, especially since she is 6-2 or so.

Isn't USA softball ASA sanctioned? If so, that rubber-band thingy on her right arm is illegal as those rubber-band thingies are considered "jewelry".

This photo is of a practice, not a game.

:D ASA doesn't forbid jewelry. It is left to umpires discretion as to danger or distraction.

I can't call IP from this picture. Her socks don't match F5's, gotta be something wrong there!

Would anyone really call this in a game if that's the extent of her IP? I mean really . . . would you?

You're right and I, as a registered ASA umpire deem that rubber-band thingy is a hazard and wouldn't let her wear it so she either takes it off or doesn't play.