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May 30, 2013
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Binghamton, NY
watched game 02 of the MICH/MIZZOU series this past weekend.

I found it interesting how long Megan Betsa (MICH) keeps her "hands together" as part of her pitching motion.

Rules say hands must come together between 1-10 seconds and then the pitcher must immediately deliver the pitch.

I found myself doing "1 mississippi's", to test just how close Betsa pushes the upper range of that limit., out of curiosity.
I found that she hovers in that 8-10 range, but late in the game, after she was re-inserted, she had some pretty long ones...

I do not suspect that this would EVER be called IP in a game,
but just found it interesting. If anything, usually girls flirt with the short side of the 1-10 second rule,
with barely a touch of ball hand and glove hand.

Carry on...
 
Oct 11, 2010
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Chicago, IL
Only thing DD has been called for is quick pitching, ump can be slow sometimes.

I could see how running the clock out would be unnerving to some batters.
 

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