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Old Mon Jun 26, 2006, 05:42pm
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Originally Posted by mcrowder
If you're calling slow pitch, then you won't get ridiculed.

If you're calling fast pitch, then you are using extremely poor mechanics. Blame your teacher - you were taught poorly.

What are you going to do if a runner takes off for 2nd with the ball in the circle? The rest of us call her out for her illegal act (LBR). You, however, have killed the ball - no out can be called during a dead ball.

Fast pitch softball is a LIVE ball sport. Your desire to not have anything happen after the ball is delivered to F1 is not within the rules. Your desire should not come into play at all.
Why not call time? Some on this board are aware of my feelings. I believe FP should take from the SP game. Eliminate the LBR and call time when it is obvious all further play, offensive or defensive, is complete.

There is no good reason, other than to steal a cheap out, to keep the ball live. If play is suspended, the umpire, coaches, players, parents, etc. do not have to worry about a runner inadvertantly stepping off a base, the pitcher putting the ball between her knees to fix her hair, the drawing of a circle, whether the foot is on the circle or just outside of it, whether the runner leaned toward 2B when returning to 1B or not, yada, yada, yada.

Oooohh, but what if the runner refuses to go one way or the other and just stands there? You do the same as in SP, kill the play and reset for the next pitch. Don't give me all the old school "what ifs" because they are irrelevant to my opinion and since this is my post and rant, it's the only one that counts.
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