Funny that at away games your pitchers didn't say "this sure seems close to me"
It sounds like maybe some slowpitch was being played on that field. I would find it hard to believe that no one would notice in over 20 games if the distance was that far off.
Would be an interesting experiment...putting the mound deliberately off by a foot. See how many girls would pick it up without any hints. Not sure if it would reveal anything about the girl, maybe vision, depth perception, amount of time practicing....