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TOPIC: PITCHING RULE ALERT!! |
| an umpire
November 13, 2009
7:09:57 AM
Entry #: 3337562
| Just a heads up to let everyone know and to possibly buy a helmet for your pitcher that the pitching rules (ASA) will change next yr from 6'-12' to 6'-10'. Doesm't do much justice to the pitchers but that height used to be in effect in the 70s. Good luck!
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| dtreidjr
November 13, 2009
2:58:22 PM
Entry #: 3338094
| Yep, just read this last night. That doesn't mean that league rules can't supercede it though and still keep it 6-12 though.
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November 13, 2009
4:51:59 PM
Entry #: 3338208
| i vote 6-10'......stay in line with the height of the other sanctions.
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| dtreidjr
November 13, 2009
11:21:14 PM
Entry #: 3338465
| NSA is the only other sanction that is 6-10. USSSA isn't, ISA isn't, WSL isn't, etc..
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November 14, 2009
6:41:11 AM
Entry #: 3338521
| the keyword here: HEIGHT
usssa rulebook:
Sec. 5. TYPE OF PITCH PERMITTED.
A. The ball must be Pitched underhanded at Slow Speed.
B. The Pitched Ball must arc at least 3 feet after leaving the Pitcher’s hand
and before it passes any part of Home Plate.
C. The Pitched Ball shall not rise higher than 10 feet above the ground.
isa rulebook
C. The pitch must have a perceptible arc, having a minimum height of four (4) feet, and a maximum height of ten (10) feet from the ground, in the umpire’s judgment.
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| dtreidjr
November 14, 2009
10:46:07 AM
Entry #: 3338631
| I stand corrected.
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November 14, 2009
5:02:26 PM
Entry #: 3338815
| "I stand corrected."
i sense sarcasm in that statement...
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| an umpire
November 14, 2009
5:27:50 PM
Entry #: 3338833
| I believe though that the 10' will stand in marion...
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| dtreidjr
November 14, 2009
6:22:44 PM
Entry #: 3338872
| sarcasm? I was wrong. What's there to be sarcastic about?
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| Tucker
November 16, 2009
12:53:46 PM
Entry #: 3340491
| We need the pitching height to be 12ft in Marion.
Makes for a better game.
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| an ump
November 16, 2009
2:10:21 PM
Entry #: 3340610
| wont happen
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| dtreidjr
November 16, 2009
10:06:30 PM
Entry #: 3341079
| I would rather it be 10 ft., but staying 12 ft is something that COULD definately happen. That will be up to the league coaches probably but ultimately up to Abney.
League rules always supersede assocation rules as long as safety is not risked. Keeping a 12ft height limit would not risk the pitchers safety so if the leagues coaches decide they want to keep it, it would probably be kept.
All that being said, Abney would have final say so either way.
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| Rob5
November 17, 2009
3:15:00 PM
Entry #: 3341878
| I vote for just letting the batter throw it up and hit it or raising limit to 15'...Lower the hieght limit is a disadvantage to the pitcher,plus playing on a 270 field. After all it is thrown under hand(how hard is it to hit?).Just my 2 cents...
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| Tucker
November 18, 2009
1:09:32 PM
Entry #: 3342855
| Exactly my point... we are on short fields... little help for the pitchers makes for a better game. 2 ft on height makes a big difference. Just hot stove talk for now... see you in the Spring.
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| dtreidjr
November 18, 2009
1:19:45 PM
Entry #: 3342864
| Agree with both.
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| BenH
November 19, 2009
5:29:59 PM
Entry #: 3344211
| here is my idea:
i say we pitch according to an individuals height. treat it like a ride a six-flags. before batting stand next to a plywood caricature of Dan with both ft. and in. clearly displayed(sorta like a mugshot)
if you are above a certain height(say...5'-10") u get up to a 12' pitch, if below u get a 10 footer.
im short so i get a 10' pitch
just a thought
(this is a joke so dont get ur panties in a wad)
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| BenH
November 19, 2009
6:12:09 PM
Entry #: 3344243
| Dan, i didnt mean "your" panties, it was a blanket statement to cover the general softball community's panties.
just want to clarify, i dont want to get the wrong panties in a wad
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| Sam
November 19, 2009
11:49:30 PM
Entry #: 3344461
| Would vote for keeping things the same.
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| dtreidjr
November 20, 2009
12:33:24 AM
Entry #: 3344472
| Ben, if I didn't wear "panties", I'd be offended.
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| Jay
November 20, 2009
2:42:07 PM
Entry #: 3344945
| I have no idea why people are acting like this is a big deal. 99% of the pitches I see are under 10 feet to begin with, half of the ones over 10" are way deep. That leaves half of a percent and half of those are called illegal high so we're gonna argue the .25 of a percent of all a pitchers pitches being taken away from him is big deal. Plus it seems that when you do see a good 12 foot pitch in a game it usually gets hit right back up the middle and that never leads to good things.
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| Jason
November 20, 2009
3:09:06 PM
Entry #: 3344987
| Don't you mean .25% of the pitches thrown to you? You can't say that 99% of all the pitches thrown are 10 feet and under, I agree that a good percentage are thrown 10 feet and under but me personally i like throwing the high pitches. I use all 12 feet and then some, sometimes they are called illegal sometimes the are not, but i think it should be up to the pitcher to throw it 12 feet not the league and definatley not the hitters. But in the end it is up to the league, and whatever the rule is I will still pitch high, if I walk alot of batters then so be it.
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| L Bowles
November 21, 2009
4:27:21 PM
Entry #: 3345609
| just a thought why dont they move the pitching plate back 2 feet or use the floating rubber move the bases back an extra 5 feet and bring defence into it ohhhhhhh wait a min they do that its called NSA thats what we need to do dump ASA and go NSA much better rules bats and balls just my 2 cents ASA is all about girls fast pitch not Mens Adult Softball
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| Davison
November 21, 2009
11:53:52 PM
Entry #: 3345828
| I'd love to see Marion go NSA.
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| Jeffro2
November 23, 2009
8:35:08 PM
Entry #: 3347655
| I would like to see a mandatory mask rule for ALL pitchers !!
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| ohney
December 8, 2009
11:44:07 PM
Entry #: 3357391
| and infielders too
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| Jeffro2
December 12, 2009
9:38:31 PM
Entry #: 3359520
| LOL !
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| C-biz
December 16, 2009
5:25:33 AM
Entry #: 3361132
| I think everyone in attendance should have to wear full catcher's gear... just to be safe! and we need a plexi-glass force field w/ wheels around each individual player to avoid any potential dangerous situations... just my 1 cent(i spent my other cent) :)
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| cubbie fan
January 13, 2010
12:04:33 PM
Entry #: 3372205
| PLEASE GO NSA!!! Get rid of these scrubs that think they know everything about umpin.
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