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Color of her chin pad?
Any issues here?
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- May 29, 2015
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Are her pants on her thighs?
USA: A pitcher shall not wear any item on the pitching hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, or thighs which may, in the umpire’s judgment, be distracting to the batter.
NFHS (2016): A pitcher shall not wear any item on the pitching hand, wrist, arm or thighs which may, in the umpire's judgment, be distracting to the batter.
USSSA: The pitcher shall not wear any item on the pitching hand, wrist, arm or thigh that the Umpire judges to be distracting.
Been there done that. Had a team at Nationals wearing all optic yellow uniforms. There is no restrictions on the color of the uniform and no the umpire cannot arbitrarily decide they can't wear that uniform when the rules do not forbid that color. It is perfectly legal in every ruleset I am aware of.
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- Jun 12, 2015
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A player I know was told once she couldn't wear a face mask with neon yellow like that on it.
- Jun 22, 2008
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How did everyone survive all these decades with a white ball and white uniforms?
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Because the release point of a baseball pitcher does not occur near the uniform. However baseball does have rules about what can be in the hitter’s line of sight behind the pitcher. There is a reason the softball rule specifies certain points of the body. Same concept.
It is about more than just the pitcher gaining an advantage. It is a major safety concern if the hitter cannot pick up the ball that is hurtling towards her/him.
If, in your opinion as the umpire it is not a distraction, then that is what the rule says. If, in your opinion as the umpire it is a distraction, then that is what the rule says. Claiming there is no rule is not entirely accurate.
It is about more than just the pitcher gaining an advantage. It is a major safety concern if the hitter cannot pick up the ball that is hurtling towards her/him.
If, in your opinion as the umpire it is not a distraction, then that is what the rule says. If, in your opinion as the umpire it is a distraction, then that is what the rule says. Claiming there is no rule is not entirely accurate.
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Any idea what sanctioning body? I can do some digging later. I’m really curious what it says.
From USA softball.
Comments received along with the queries include that this practice is being carried out to make the ball harder to see when delivered by the pitcher. This could be true, however we must be mindful of the fact that for many years while a white softball was being used in the ASA game the predominate colors of uniforms were white and gray. More importantly, the color of the uniform being the same as the color of the ball is not a violation of Rule 3, Section 6 or Rule 6.
No rule set I am aware of has any restrictions on uniform colors. Im pretty sure NFHS also addressed it a few years ago in their clarifications.
Player's Uniform
Several phone calls and emails have been received regarding the legality of certain colors on player uniforms. Specifically, the queries concern the use of the Optic Yellow color as part of the uniform some teams are now wearing. There is nothing in the Official Rules of Softball that prohibit the wearing of the Optic Yellow color on a player uniform. Rule 3, Section 6 states that uniforms must be like in color and style; it does not prohibit a particular color.Comments received along with the queries include that this practice is being carried out to make the ball harder to see when delivered by the pitcher. This could be true, however we must be mindful of the fact that for many years while a white softball was being used in the ASA game the predominate colors of uniforms were white and gray. More importantly, the color of the uniform being the same as the color of the ball is not a violation of Rule 3, Section 6 or Rule 6.
No rule set I am aware of has any restrictions on uniform colors. Im pretty sure NFHS also addressed it a few years ago in their clarifications.
You can wear optic yellow head to toe, but that sparkly hair bow the pitcher is wearing is distracting.
