Life in the Fastpitch Lane

Life in the Fastpitch Lane

Thoughts, ideas, tips, and general musings on the game of fastpitch softball.

Another voice on playing the game right

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:25 PM and is filed under Coaching,Rules and Umpires.

So as it turns out I'm not the only one who's been thinking about the whole issue of playing by the rules. Dave over at Girls Fastpitch Softball recently posted about one of the aspects I addressed earlier — batter interference. He reports the rule has been changed to try to eliminate the need for umpires to determine whether it was intentional or accidental. He has some great thoughts. Of course I think so because he thinks the same as me. Check it out!

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:20 AM Joe wrote:
Dave from Girls Softball wrt batter interference stated
"To take it a bit further, I believe that batters who step out and take a practice swing while the ball is live should be removed from the game. There's no good reason to do this."

I do not understand why he feels that way. I have noticed almost everytime one my players takes her "cuts" before each pitch she generally has better at bat. Also when should the batter be allowed to take sign from the coach?

Don't get me wrong I agree with a lot of his diatribe. But I think practice swings do help and definetly have a place in the at bat.

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1. Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:23 AM Joe wrote:
  Forgive my stupidity I did not notice the 'while the ball is live' part until I re-read my post. In this case I agree 100%
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  1. Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:35 PM Ken Krause wrote:
    Hi Joe,
    
    Thanks. The live ball thing is definitely the key. I had a catcher get hurt a few years ago when she was throwing the ball back to the pitcher. The hitter took a swing and whacked my catcher in the arm. Fortunately nothing was broken, but it did knock her out for week.
    
    I also agree with Dave 100%. I really dislike it when they do things like that on purpose to disrupt the defense.
    
    Ken
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