Abbott gets every outside call some of it has been wayyyy off. You can watch the AZ hitters smile when the ump calls it.

College pitches from 43 feet. High school pitches from 40.

 

My mistake. I thought they pitched from 40. I say go back to 45'-46', but like Jim's idea of doing it gradually.

Abbott gets every outside call some of it has been wayyyy off. You can watch the AZ hitters smile when the ump calls it.

 

She does get a ton of corner calls. However, she has such good movement on the ball (especially going left to right) that often it crosses the plate but winds up outside by the time it hits the catchers mit. It only matters where it is when is crosses the plate not where it hits the mit.

She does get a ton of corner calls. However, she has such good movement on the ball (especially going left to right) that often it crosses the plate but winds up outside by the time it hits the catchers mit. It only matters where it is when is crosses the plate not where it hits the mit.

 

She has good movement but not that good. Her rise fastball is her best pitch. If you watch the game tonight, some of her outside pitches especially to leftys are 4 inches off the plate and getting called for strikes.

She does get a ton of corner calls. However, she has such good movement on the ball (especially going left to right) that often it crosses the plate but winds up outside by the time it hits the catchers mit. It only matters where it is when is crosses the plate not where it hits the mit.

:thumb:Imo the calls also are pretty consistent both ways.

:thumb:Imo the calls also are pretty consistent both ways.

 

I don't mind a generous ump as long as it's a two-way street. :thumb:

Someone must have said something to the Ump after last nights game. He isn't giving Abbott much tonight.

I don't mind a generous ump as long as it's a two-way street. :thumb:

:thumb: When I played and especially when I coached that is all you can ask for. I did a little umpiring myself for a couple of summers in Babe Ruth and other little leagues, aabc type leagues. I knew that I called a low strike, I told coaches before the game that I did and it would be there both ways. It was just the way I called. Every Ump has his strike zone. As long as he is consistent with it a team can adjust to it.

:thumb: When I played and especially when I coached that is all you can ask for. I did a little umpiring myself for a couple of summers in Babe Ruth and other little leagues, aabc type leagues. I knew that I called a low strike, I told coaches before the game that I did and it would be there both ways. It was just the way I called. Every Ump has his strike zone. As long as he is consistent with it a team can adjust to it.

 

I umpired little league and pony league baseball many years ago, and always went out of my way to be consistent, if nothing else.

She never touched homeplate.

She never touched homeplate.

 

Didn't look like it. However, I LOVE the way he rings batters up so I'll let him slide since I could not care less about this game...

BTW, the Arizona girl's change piece is sick...

 

...and yes, that's exactly what I meant...

I don't know if I would use the word "trick."

 

By my calc, the reaction time for a baseball hitter on a 95 MPH fastball is the same as a fastpitch hitter on a 68 MPH pitch.

 

High school girls seeing a 68 MPH pitch (see Kirsten Allen of Ryle) are seeing the equivalent of a high school boy seeing a 102 MPH fastball.

They said during the game tonight that her 70mph fastball was equivalent to a 105mph pitch from 60ft.:flame:

:thumb:Imo the calls also are pretty consistent both ways.

 

I agree. They had wider zones last night and much narrower tonight.

I don't think the runner ever touched home plate, however, I don't think the catcher ever tagged her. As far as the pitchers throwing it the equivalent of a 100 mph fastball keep in mind that a 205 foot fly ball is a homerun and if you tried to slap it like that on 90 foot bases you'd bat about .075. Yes, the reaction time is faster but you also don't have to make nearly as good contact to be successful.