- Nov 3, 2012
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Bill,
I am sitting here thinking out all of the “why” of how the low riseball would/could be successful in women’s FP vs men’s?
I hope that I can explain what I am thinking...
In the speeds the men are hitting how much of a difference in movement (or perceived) is there between a low RB and low FB? Is part of the effectiveness the lack of a FB used and the expectation of opposite movement of a DB? Is there an offspeed aspect to the effectiveness?
I am trying to rationalize why use a low RB instead of a CU?
As you can see the answers to these relate to the women’s game. What criteria and combination of pitches would a pitcher need to be successful with throwing a low RB?
I hope that ramble makes sense!
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Ill just add another perspective. One of the strategies of a hitter is to recognize the rise and don't swing at it, as most of the time its not called a strike. If the batter has the discipline to lay off of the rise, they get ahead of the count and can choose to wait for a more manageable pitch to hit or get walked. But if a pitcher can throw the low rise in tandem with a rise out of the zone, then this just blows up that strategy. As the low rise will be called a strike. To see this in practice, just observe the success Kelly Barnhill has had. In college softball she is arguably the best at throwing the rise on different planes, thus resulting in her effectiveness.