Pitching Question

Crow Hop

I've seem a few pictures of Kat Osterman and Jennie Finch flying pretty high on a pitch. I don't think they hop/plant then leap. It's just the intial push from the rubber.

 

Agreed but...

...that doesn't make it okay. Everyone should have to follow the rules! Just because you swing the bats, hit the ball hard, and beat them doesn't mean that it is okay for them to pitch illeagally.

 

but if you are going to get the call don't wait till the 3rd or 4th inning and expect to get the call do it at the start of the 1st and if you don't get it then play the best you can with what has been dealt to you !!!!!!

 

Yep

Absolutely agree. If you wait, it makes it seem like you are complaining because you are losing or the game is closer than you would like it to be. You need to point it out as soon as it happens and preferrably between innings when you can pull the ump aside so it doesn't look like you are trying to show them up. I have found some are much more receptive when you just happen to mention it between innings...

 

The less you try to embarrass an umpire the more cooperation you will get from him/her. If you are yelling "ILLEGAL" pitch, you will almost guarantee no call. But if you politely, out of ear shot of anyone, point it out to an umpire, you will get a great more consideration for your concerns.

It is always amazing the attempts to humiliate an umpire by a coach - they place their ego over the best interests of their team.

 

yet

Monica Abbot in her four years at UT has yet to throw the first legal pitch,
I was attending a fall game at UT the opposing coach complained to the Umps, his comment to her was,"she is working on it"
and she continued throwing the same all throiugh her sr. yr..

 

Is this illegal???

One of the pictures posted in another thread for the USA team. She is clearly off the ground...

 

Alicia Kay Hollowell

Career statistics
University of Arizona Wildcats
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP--- H -R -ER BB SO ERA
2003 40 5 48 44 38 22 1 297.0 138 44 40 74 394 0.94
2004 41 4 48 44 38 21 1 293.2 138 39 33 68 508 0.79
2005 31 9 48 38 34 18 3 279.0 143 54 35 51 446 0.88
2006 32 5 39 37 34 19 1 239.1 128 39 31 39 414 0.91
TOTALS 144 22 183 163 144 80 6 1109.0 547 176 140 232 1762 0.8837

Athletic accomplishments
1,762 career NCAA Division I strikeouts (3rd all-time)
144 career NCAA Division I wins (3rd all-time)
17 career NCAA Division I no-hitters
5 career NCAA Division I perfect games

Alicia holds the Fairfield High School CA. record for most strikeouts in a single game with 61 in a 30-inning game against Woodland High School that started on May 25, was suspended, then concluded four days later on the 29th; she took 364 pitches to accomplish the feat, five more than opposing pitcher Kelly Anderson, and gave up just 10 hits. (Her performance bettered DeeDee Weiman's previous record of 53 strikeouts in a 29-inning game between Cerritos Gahr High School and Lakewood St. Joseph High School in 1986; in that same game, Lisa Fernandez struck out 48 batters (the fourth best high school outing) for Lakewood.)

 

Illegal

Don't know exactly who that is for USA but she is clearly illegal. But ya know it won't be called as it should.