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Unless they swing that is hard to do.
An eephus pitch (rainbow) can be thrown for a strike and will end up in the dirt if thrown properly. It's essentially a slow pitch softball strike.
Unless they swing that is hard to do.
I have to disagree on balls hitting the dirt automatically being WP. Shouldn't this have the pitch called play into it. Pitcher has a pitch she commands well, say drop, crop that really move. Now ahead in count I'm calling one of those pitches and she knows I expect it slightly off the plate and no higher than bottom of knee. No if that is thrown as I want it should be a short hop pitch that a catcher wI'll hAve to dig 85% of the time aND wI'll result in some passed balls. Do you penilze the P for doing what you ask or put it the C who is being asked to stop every ball in the dirt and everyone of these is in the dirt. I belive when pitches li I he that are called no one takes the E.
I have to disagree on balls hitting the dirt automatically being WP. Shouldn't this have the pitch called play into it. Pitcher has a pitch she commands well, say drop, crop that really move. Now ahead in count I'm calling one of those pitches and she knows I expect it slightly off the plate and no higher than bottom of knee. No if that is thrown as I want it should be a short hop pitch that a catcher wI'll hAve to dig 85% of the time aND wI'll result in some passed balls. Do you penilze the P for doing what you ask or put it the C who is being asked to stop every ball in the dirt and everyone of these is in the dirt. I belive when pitches li I he that are called no one takes the E.
Do you penilze the P for doing what you ask or put it the C who is being asked to stop every ball in the dirt and everyone of these is in the dirt.
Ok, my apologies. Any ball in the dirt is a WP. (And my daughter is a catcher.)