Fastpitch Delivery

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

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I'm sorry, but where do you find "bad pitches" or "slow pitch pitches" in the rule book or umpire manual?

Unorthodox does not equal illegal, just means it is different. If the pitched ball passes through the strike zone and does not hit the plate, why would you call it anything other than a strike?

I wasn't implying the rule book called it a bad pitch, *i* call it a bad pitch. A "slow pitch pitch" is defined in the rule and it has to have a certain arch. So I my angle was if the rule book says a slow pitch must have minimum height before its called "to flat", then there must be something about the fastpitch not being allowed to go over a certain height. Or else were playing slow pitch again.

However, I did not know the answer. So I asked