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Old Fri Jul 17, 2009, 04:56pm
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I give the "river".....

I googled fastpitch strike zone river.... no luck. Would someone please interpret what this means?
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Old Fri Jul 17, 2009, 05:11pm
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agree in general, no ip's and I dont for ISC/NAFA stuff around here. I believe at ASA mens B Nats they will be calling the crow hop though.
river.. the lane between batters box and plate..
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Old Fri Jul 17, 2009, 05:21pm
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Give the river - not the ocean (batters box)

Are there illegal pitches in men's ball? I think I called one about 6 years ago. They were not happy (either team)
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Old Sat Jul 18, 2009, 10:18am
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Give the river - not the ocean (batters box)

Are there illegal pitches in men's ball? I think I called one about 6 years ago. They were not happy (either team)
They are enforcing the leap and crow hop at the Men's Worlds and the men are complying. They can push and drag.
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 11:22am
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how fast do the men throw? I can't imagine very many men would begin pitching FP softball until maybe past high school/college? I routinely work girls FP softball and and men's baseball. I get 60+ in softball and 85-92 in men's baseball. After doing a plate in baseball, the softball pitches just look like floaters, even the 60mph from 40 feet away.

one thing I love is when a butch girl comes in as the catcher, I feel much safer since I know she won't let anything get by her, much like baseball catchers, i never worry about getting hit with them behind the plate. A petite little girl as catcher always gets me thinking about my safety...
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 12:07pm
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how fast do the men throw? I can't imagine very many men would begin pitching FP softball until maybe past high school/college? I routinely work girls FP softball and and men's baseball.
top level men 75-80 mph and when they get done leaping it is from probably 42ish feet (point of release). We discussed this somewhere way back and the math put it at 120ish mph. Now that 95 mph fastball seems to float too.
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Old Tue Jul 21, 2009, 12:02pm
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Are there illegal pitches in men's ball?

I was told that if the pitcher released the ball, it was legal
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