Pitchers and foreign substances

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

oh for goodness sakes.. this is JO softball not the MLB World Series where Tony and his good ole boy network dont want to raise a stink.

If I have reason to suspect something is on the pitchers hand, i'm calling time and me and the coach will go have a look.

Simple.

Care to 'splain yourself Lucy?
- good ole boy network?
- don't want to raise a stink?

[argodad]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

Care to 'splain yourself Lucy?
- good ole boy network?
- don't want to raise a stink?

I'm thinking maybe he meant Tony LaRussa, not Tony Cannizzo

[Dakota]

Not nearly as much as in baseball.

the ML Baseball is 25% lighter, less than half the volume, thrown from 30 to 50% farther away (depending on softball level of play),and thrown 1.5 to 2 times faster (depending on pitch selection and softball level of play) than the ASA legal 12" softball.

A bit of pine tar will have a significantly greater effect on the flight of the ball in baseball than in softball.

Maybe it would matter to King Feigner in his heyday, but not to the vast majority of fastpitch pitchers.

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by argodad

I'm thinking maybe he meant Tony LaRussa, not Tony Cannizzo

That would 'splain it just fine.