Amy, he is a beer distributor. Forget hitting, forget pitching, he is heavily recruited based on his "other" abilities.
To me...this is why slowpitch has become MORE popular and is killing Men's FP.
With the tying run thrown out at the plate to end the game. I gave it a good effort and watched about 35 minutes of the game, I appreciated the talent (physical conditioning not so much) of the players, but came away with 2 thoughts: 1) why would someone want to watch a slow pitch game and 2) I'm very glad that DD plays FP.
There's a slow pitch game on ESPN2 at this moment. One of the team's pitchers is wearing a helmet with a mask. He's dancing like a cat on a hot tin roof after each pitch.
Wonder what the girls would think of that?[/QUOTEthis is a Fastpitch for Forum and we should keep it that way!
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There's a slow pitch game on ESPN2 at this moment. One of the team's pitchers is wearing a helmet with a mask. He's dancing like a cat on a hot tin roof after each pitch.
Wonder what the girls would think of that?
There's a slow pitch game on ESPN2 at this moment. One of the team's pitchers is wearing a helmet with a mask. He's dancing like a cat on a hot tin roof after each pitch.
Wonder what the girls would think of that?
Slowpitch is more popular because more people can play. I played fastpitch in the early 80's against the best teams in the world Pay-n-Pak out of WA for example. The competetiveness of the game relied souly on the pitcher and you had no choice but to play small ball. The pitchers at that level were practically un-hitable, Ty Stofflet for example once threw like 23 innings of no-no ball. The best pitchers were throwing 104mph and we had bats over 30 oz. Tough to get that around when the ball is coming from 40ft at 100+. Slowpitch developed and swallowed men's fastpitch for 1 reason only; pitching. There just were not enough talented pitchers to be competetive. Teams used to pay and fly guys in from New Zealand and Australia to pitch in big tournies.
And I get bored watching FP. I know quite a few SP players that are is pretty good shape. Yeah, some of the guys last night have less-than-impressive physiques, but they didn't get on the team just because they can hit the ball 400' In spite of their looks, most can field their position quite well.
For as much as you wouldn't want anyone to be judgmental of FP players of size, maybe you shouldn't be so quick with the SP players, either.
some of these guys ego's are larger then life.It was the National,not the futures that seem to have their big egos,I loved that they got beat,I think Canada beat them last year if I'am not mistaken.They could place the ball more if they wanted,and grap the wal-mart bat instead of their shaved bats,that might keep it in the park.The last question I have is when the HR limit is reached and each bomb thereafter is a DBO, is it ego that prevents them from keeping the ball in the park when the game has yet to be decided?