Karen Weekly needs to get a set of kids swim fins and get one of her pitchers to practice wearing one this week, then show up this weekend at a tournament. Can you imagine the look on the umpires faces when the pitcher takes the circle wearing a swim fin on her drag foot? It would be a great publicity stunt!
Tennessee coaches unhappy with California pitcher's shoe flap
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JJsqueeze
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nah....from what I could tell, the VOLs don't need swim fins, they need to use cricket bats to be able to hit PAC10 pitching.
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This is the reason a simple rule or law is 200 pages long. The rules states the foot must remain in contact with the ground. So now in the rule they must define the "foot". The way I see it if the flap is not part of the shoe by design then it should be a problem. But then you would have to make toe savers/protectors that some pitchers add to the shoe illegal as well even though they are there for legit reasons.
But as the rule states the flap is not illegal, it is just working the system like it or not. It is no different than a kids shirt sleeve or excess material in the waist area of a uniform being HBP and awarded a base. The ball did not make contact with their body but the uniform is considered part of the player. No different than an elbow guard that protrudes an inch or better from the arm. It gets HBP, take your base.
Ask me if I like it, no! My kid has spent the last 2 months throwing into a net in order to correct her illegal pitch. So it seems unfair that by adding 2 inches of neoprene to a shoe in order to get around the system would be tolerated. ASA needs to make a ruling on this ASAP and define exactly what a "foot", "shoe" and "contact with the ground" actually mean.
But on the flip side I can't believe no one has tried this stunt sooner. It is so simple and genius at the same time!!
But as the rule states the flap is not illegal, it is just working the system like it or not. It is no different than a kids shirt sleeve or excess material in the waist area of a uniform being HBP and awarded a base. The ball did not make contact with their body but the uniform is considered part of the player. No different than an elbow guard that protrudes an inch or better from the arm. It gets HBP, take your base.
Ask me if I like it, no! My kid has spent the last 2 months throwing into a net in order to correct her illegal pitch. So it seems unfair that by adding 2 inches of neoprene to a shoe in order to get around the system would be tolerated. ASA needs to make a ruling on this ASAP and define exactly what a "foot", "shoe" and "contact with the ground" actually mean.
But on the flip side I can't believe no one has tried this stunt sooner. It is so simple and genius at the same time!!
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Infomercials soon to come!
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LOL!!!! Thanks for the laugh. I think even Sunderland-Finch would crack a smile on that one..but let's not become HeyBucket now...
OK, since I had already taken the time to look up the email address for Tennessee coaching staff, I just had to send "The Flipper" to them....
Are there any rules about pitching in stilts?
I like the way you think!
