Illegal---Nah.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Howdy,

I'm new to this forum, having been informed about it when I was looking for some information about plate shoes.

I've spoken to several senior umpire types, UICs, etc., about the legality of what we're seeing in the picture that started this string. The answers have never been specific or clear. I had sent a photo I saved of Jennie Finch pitching for Arizona which looks very similar to the posted photo. I tried attaching it here for comparison. Although it shows as 39 KB on my computer, I got an error message that it "Exceeds forum quota by 38.7 KB."

Anyhoos, I don't know that there will be any specificity regarding this issue anytime soon. Kinda like the government declaring tobacco an illegal drug.

If anyone knows how I can get the Jennie pic posted, I'd be happy to try again.

Ted