Rules Question

al2340 · #1 (**permalink**) Sat Jun 09, 2012, 06:27am

So, if a girl throws a pitch with a 12 + foot arc and it crosses the plate in the strike zone, thats a legal pitch and can be called a strike?

3afan · #2 (**permalink**) Sat Jun 09, 2012, 06:29am

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Originally Posted by al2340

So, if a girl throws a pitch with a 12 + foot arc and it crosses the plate in the strike zone, thats a legal pitch and can be called a strike?

yep

IRISHMAFIA · #3 (**permalink**) Sat Jun 09, 2012, 08:19am

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Originally Posted by al2340

So, if a girl throws a pitch with a 12 + foot arc and it crosses the plate in the strike zone, thats a legal pitch and can be called a strike?

as long as it doesn't hit the plate, yes

Dakota · #4 (**permalink**) Sun Jun 10, 2012, 07:03pm

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as long as it doesn't hit the plate, yes

Even if it does hit the plate, it is still a legal pitch; it is just not a strike.

al2340 · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 06:23am

OK, thanx...I always thought fast pitch meant fast pitch, not slow pitch!

IRISHMAFIA · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 06:35am

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OK, thanx...I always thought fast pitch meant fast pitch, not slow pitch!

So "change ups" shouldn't be allowed?

And have you ever felt how "soft" a softball is?

pob14 · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 11:13am

If you google "eephus pitch" or Rip Sewell, you'll find out about "slow pitch" style pitching in that other bat-and-ball game, too.

al2340 · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:11am

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

So "change ups" shouldn't be allowed?

No, I certainly don't mean that but, there's a huge difference between a FP change-up and an arcing slow pitch.

MD Longhorn · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:15am

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No, I certainly don't mean that but, there's a huge difference between a FP change-up and an arcing slow pitch.

Visually maybe ... but not by rule. A pitch is a pitch.

IRISHMAFIA · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Jun 15, 2012, 06:30pm

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No, I certainly don't mean that but, there's a huge difference between a FP change-up and an arcing slow pitch.

There are a couple HS pitchers in my area that aren't going to get the ball to the plate without a hump on it, some reach 6'