Two questions from this weekend's tournament

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by SamG

Then what determines whether someone "checked" in time? Judgement call by the PU?

Or the BU. Yes.

Originally Posted by SamG

I read that line as the hands come to the side and rear (CW), then fully around CCW to release. The pitcher I was referring to went to the side and rear (hands together), then past the hip and above her head (hands still together), back to the side and rear (CW), then to full windmill. So she passed her hip twice CW and three times CCW. To try to explain further... assume hands at the waist are at 5 on a clock (6 is the hip). Rotate the clock arms CW to 7, then CCW to 12, then CW to 7, then CCW (making a full rotation) to 5 for the release.

Until her hands separate, nothing is happening. The pitch starts when the hands separate. What you describe here is legal.

[SamG]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Until her hands separate, nothing is happening. The pitch starts when the hands separate. What you describe here is legal.

ahhh, thank you (and Jeffer). Now I REALLY understand.