My logic says if you release the ball closer to the batter it reduces their reaction time. Whether you leap, crow hop, or use your clown shoes to get there. To me that's an advantage.
Just because one persons experience may not be that way doesn't mean that anothers wouldn't be. That's a closed minded approach IMHO.
And I do agree that one can go back and forth in their mechanics (leap or CH Im not gonna get into that argument). I see it everyday and have pitchers that do it. If an umpire warns them they magically stop or reduce it. Then they ease back into it because they feel it gives them an advantage. Their stats show it does as well.
Just my small piece of the world persepective. Im no scientist studying the effects of illegal pitching like many here seem to be
Just because one persons experience may not be that way doesn't mean that anothers wouldn't be. That's a closed minded approach IMHO.
And I do agree that one can go back and forth in their mechanics (leap or CH Im not gonna get into that argument). I see it everyday and have pitchers that do it. If an umpire warns them they magically stop or reduce it. Then they ease back into it because they feel it gives them an advantage. Their stats show it does as well.
Just my small piece of the world persepective. Im no scientist studying the effects of illegal pitching like many here seem to be