yet another pitching question....

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

I still stand by the call.

I know Fed doesn't want the cat and mouse game tween the batter and the pitch.
UIC gave his interpretation......BUT does everything have to be against the offense? I mean if the pitcher delivers the ball in the scenario ... even if its 20 feet above the batters head we call a strike.

Just curious ... do you come from baseball first? I ask because this is a very baseball way of looking at things.

Softball has time limits on the batter and pitcher to prevent any cat-mouse stuff. That is why we don't, generally, stop things if the batter requests time out simply because they feel the pitcher is taking too long. Cat-mouse shouldn't happen in softball.

That said ... while you can support your IP ruling with the rulebook, you'll find that MOST umpires will do as Dakota, Manny, or Andy stated. Rule no pitch, reset. If this happens more than once, many (including self) will also remind batter (or possibly coaches) that the batter should not step out once they've stepped in, that they only have 10 seconds to get in there and the pitcher only has 20 to pitch.