Pitch 8-10' high, lands two ft behind the plate. IMO, this pitch is "over the back shoulder" and should in turn be a ball. What do you think?
If it is over the back shoulder......it is a ball......it does not matter where it lands........
Joel
That's when you foul tip the next high one back!
Pitch 8-10' high, lands two ft behind the plate. IMO, this pitch is "over the back shoulder" and should in turn be a ball. What do you think?
That's when you foul tip the next high one back!
I know that, but I had an ump tell me "it didn't get above 10' high and landed two ft behind the plate. Can't be anything but a strike." Idiot.
Pitch 8-10' high, lands two ft behind the plate. IMO, this pitch is "over the back shoulder" and should in turn be a ball. What do you think?
The height of the batter would make a difference. I once had Matt Bullard of NBA "fame" on my field. He's almost 7' tall. His strike zone is a bit different than the 4'6" girl in co-ed.
I think your opinion doesn't mean **** on a judgement call. All that matters is what the ump calling the game thinks. Every ump has their own strikezone and it is a players job to adjust to it. Right or wrong, that always has and always will be part of the game in slowpitch, fastpitch, and baseball.Pitch 8-10' high, lands two ft behind the plate. IMO, this pitch is "over the back shoulder" and should in turn be a ball. What do you think?
It would seem that if that pitch was over the back shoulder the batter must have been standing in the front of the batters box (unless he was 4' tall). It's where it would cross the batter if standing even with the plate, correct???
It used to be if you threw a pitch 12' high and it landed within 2' of the back of the plate it was always a strike so all the batters adjusted to that and stood in the back of the batters box. Now all the players think they have to stand in front of home plate, because that is what the major players do, making a 10' pitch landing 1' behind home plate a ball because it is over the shoulder. With the arc being dropped down to 10' they should allow the 2' deep strike all the time since the pitcher already has to put it on a tee.
No matter what, you cannot escape the laws of physics. A pitch, released at a height of 3' (which I figure is pretty average), that attains a maximum height of 8' and lands 2' behind home plate will cross the front of home plate at a height of 21.25". For a pitch with a maximum height of 10', and all other conditions the same, the ball would be at a height of 27.21" when it reaches home plate.
Either the dimensions given in the OP are off or Eddie Gaedel was hitting.
I know that, but I had an ump tell me "it didn't get above 10' high and landed two ft behind the plate. Can't be anything but a strike." Idiot.
One pitch, couldn't do that. We did however "overthrow" the catcher a few times lol.
I know that, but I had an ump tell me "it didn't get above 10' high and landed two ft behind the plate. Can't be anything but a strike." Idiot.
But.......the umpire called it a strike........so guess what.......
Strike.........
Joel