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Terminology question--the River........
I can see how it might read that way and that was not my intention. I was alluding to being instructed in the past to call pitches inside the chalk a strike even if it was off the plate. As long as it was in the river. A pitch can be in the river without catching the plate or the chalk, that...- nfhs ump
- Post #29
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Terminology question--the River........
WCWS announcers are responsible for spreading a lot of derp. They say many wrong things about illegal pitches. Heard one Sunday say that base runner has to slide. The black is a nothing. The river is the 6 inches between the plate and the inside batters box chalk. Until recently we were...- nfhs ump
- Post #13
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Can't fix the crow hop?
Well done Ken, one of the best posts ever describing the most unenforced and actually most illegal pitches in softball. This is exactly what the rule book means by replant. Pitcher doesn't have to become airborne to replant, just like not all airborne pitchers replant. It is the crow hop...- nfhs ump
- Post #22
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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3rd base coach int?
NFHS, HS varsity game. Enjoy R1 on third, 1 out, HOT SHOT one hop at F5 in front of the base, back hand attempt and ball deflects off of her glove while ball is over the base line and is a fair ball. Deflected ball zips directly toward 3rd base coach who turns and ball hits him in the middle...- nfhs ump
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- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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12U Pitcher
As far as NFHS and NCAA pitching rules go, I would also, right now, change how she steps on to the pitchers plate. She must step on with her hands apart, then either take a sign or simulate taking a sign, and then she can bring her hands together. If she takes the sign from behind the pitchers...- nfhs ump
- Post #21
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Pop Foul Ball, a runner at 3rd, and an Obsrtuction call.
Here is the NFHS rule...if interference is the call. 8.6 ART. 10 . . . The runner interferes: b. with a fielder attempting to field a fly ball over foul territory. PENALTY: The ball is dead and the runner is out. Each other runner must return to the last base touched at the time of the...- nfhs ump
- Post #3
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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More "does a riseball really rise"...
Put this same video up with a new title: "The Escobedo Leap"- nfhs ump
- Post #16
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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13U Pitcher Review / Comments needed.
Here are some of my thoughts First of all please excuse me, I did not intend to come across as calling you a liar. All I was trying to say as to the "leap", is that if a pitcher pivot foot comes up, loses contact with the ground, is airborne, has a vertical element, or whatever we chose to...- nfhs ump
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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13U Pitcher Review / Comments needed.
She is illegal the moment her pivot foot loses contact with the ground (or the plane of the ground if there is a hole). So she is illegal. If she does it inside, I am sure she does it outside. Then she replants creating a new impetus for the pitch. Also illegal. One push and one push only...- nfhs ump
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
