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Off topic but I sure hear a lot of pitches described as backdoor by the announcers. I must not have the same definition or I'm not seeing the pitches the same.
No, it doesn't. Just because she is lifting the front of the foot does not mean she is losing contact with the PP. The NCAA rules allow the pitcher to move/slide across the PP and momentarily lose contact as long as that movement does not bring the pivot foot closer to the plate prior to the push and drag
So in college softball there are stated rules that are not really enforced in order to maintain the entertainment value, just like in professional wrestling?
No, it doesn't. Just because she is lifting the front of the foot does not mean she is losing contact with the PP. The NCAA rules allow the pitcher to move/slide across the PP and momentarily lose contact as long as that movement does not bring the pivot foot closer to the plate prior to the push and drag
Even your seeing eye dog can see it. It flagrant and very obvious. It is not a slide it is a lift. If you look at the shots from the back you will see clay between the bottom of her foot and the leading edge of the pitchers plate.
No, it doesn't. Just because she is lifting the front of the foot does not mean she is losing contact with the PP. The NCAA rules allow the pitcher to move/slide across the PP and momentarily lose contact as long as that movement does not bring the pivot foot closer to the plate prior to the push and drag
As usual there is no shortage of those enabling and offering excuses for skippies. Find it is interesting that there is and an umpire board with men/women who work NCAA that can read a digital screen, but are unable to do their job when it comes to seeing an illegal pitch. Watching the Auburn game and the pitcher is airborne, yet no call. WTF?
IMO, that "strike zone" is a baseball strike zone for the strike tracker and not a softball one. The pitcher just threw a strike and Mendoza said the pitch was a ball. Well, when the batter assumed her stance, she squatted a lot. Though the pitch was out of the K Zone, I thought it was a good pitch per the softball strike zone.
Thoughts on this? (Note, I could be way off base here.)