Mel Brooks and the Rule Book of Softball?"The Lord has given you these 15... Oy, 10, 10 commandments."
Mel Brooks and the Rule Book of Softball?"The Lord has given you these 15... Oy, 10, 10 commandments."
Good point. I never really thought about it before, but you can see where the fixed dimensions of a batter's box penalizes taller players.Maybe they should measure the inseam of all the pitchers and give them each an individualized Circle diameter. They'll have to put different colored Circle/rings for each different inseam around the pitching plate.
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I find this to be accurate. Umpires at our MS and HS games really don't check anything. No distances, etc. I've seen the game balls made dirty exactly one time. I've never seen a bat checked. Granted, there are primarily just a few models most kids are using so an ump could just be looking when they get to the box.Whatever length that string is that's tied to that nail in the equipment shed...
Are these "calls" beng made from behind the plate or in the field?Agreed. And it is still illegal in NFHS.
I called it on a 12U pitcher as her foot was clearly leaving the ground and coming back down about 6-8 inches in front of the rubber. Her coaches said her foot was absolutely not leaving the ground (which was an obvious lie). I finally pulled the director over and had her watch from behind the fence. She said it was leaving the ground, but I shouldn't call it. So, being fairly new and the first time I ran across it, I stopped calling it.
We discussed in the official's area after the game when one of the other officials said a leap (foot leaving the ground) is legal this year in USSSA. I looked it up and it seems it was adopted to make it easier for officials and to be inline with Olympic softball rules. But, IMO, it is way easier to see a leap than to tell if there is a crow hop (replant) and it is very difficult to crow hop without a leap. I would prefer to keep them both illegal. We shall see what the future brings.
But, then officials are left trying to discern if the leap leads to a crop hop. In the game above, I thought there were 2 the first inning where she replanted, and I thought it gave her an advantage. BUT, there is always a gray area and young players and their over-zealous coaches are going to be hard to deal with the first time they are called on it (because many officials won't bring it up until someone like me comes along that wants to help players continue to get better the right way).
I was at 1st base at the time. Pretty easy, IMO, to see the footwork from that angle.Are these "calls" beng made from behind the plate or in the field?
I find this to be accurate. Umpires at our MS and HS games really don't check anything. No distances, etc. I've seen the game balls made dirty exactly one time. I've never seen a bat checked. Granted, there are primarily just a few models most kids are using so an ump could just be looking when they get to the box.
While it's the umpires job to check bats and helmets, it's not the umpires job to check distances and dirty up game balls. If the distances are found to be wrong before the game by either team, it's up to the grounds crew/ home team to get it right. Same during the game.I find this to be accurate. Umpires at our MS and HS games really don't check anything. No distances, etc. I've seen the game balls made dirty exactly one time. I've never seen a bat checked. Granted, there are primarily just a few models most kids are using so an ump could just be looking when they get to the box.
The point was to MAKE IT (eg change the rules) such that it has something to do with a legal pitch..try to keep up.I find it hilarious that so many in this thread think that leaping and the pitcher’s circle have anything to do with each other!
The circle ONLY comes into play in regards to the LBR. Tall pitchers like Monica Abbot step outside of the circle due to math (as in she had really long legs).
SMH
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