redhotcoach
Out on good behavior
- May 8, 2009
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Look at the pitch location, you would need a 40 inch bat to connect with that and stay in the box.
And no, lines are never redrawn during a game. The blues are also taught not to take the bat and make the line. The line is the line as the umpire sees it. That comes from every umpire clinic and training....either at the upper local levels to the ASA National tournaments. It is what we are told to do.
totally blown call. you cannot make that call in that situation. if i am not mistaken she made that call three times in the game. how many games have you ever seen that before. let the teams decide it on the field. i know it is a hard and thankless job but bad umpiring drives me nuts.
I'm just a dad/fan/rec coach, but that's just stupid at this level.
Have you ever seen them come back out and redraw the lines during a MLB game? The game is lined prior to the start of the game and that is it.
I have no problem with making the call.
Had there actually been a box, it is much less likely the batter would be way outside of it in my opinion.
My kid has only played softball for 6 years, and maybe there is some storied tradition of why we want to play on a field without markings when the game's on the line, but as a relative newcomer, it doesn't make sense.
These are seasoned players playing at nearly the highest level of play. They are well aware of the rules and the size of the batters box and its location with or without lines. When you step directly in front of home plate there is no doubt of the foot being out of the batters box.
Have you seen 20 at bats with lefty slappers running back and forth in the box in a MLB game? I thought we've established that fastpitch isn't baseball.