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Is it legal for a right-handed pitcher to stand with his left foot on the right end of the pitcher's plate, extend his right foot as far to the right as possible, and pitch with his arm almost in a sidearm position, so that the ball is coming more from the shortstop's position rather than...

I use a 25-ounce fastpitch bat, and three of the guys on my co-rec team have hit the ball out of the park with it. They didn't go back to their heavier bats.

"The wrist not farther from the body than the elbow" rule was in the old ASA book, but not the new USA book, I'm pretty sure.

I'm pretty sure the old ASA rulebook used to say that the pitcher's arm had to stay within the boundaries of the pitching plate when the pitch was delivered. We have a guy who stands with his left foot on the right end of the pitching plate, then extends his right foot as far to the right as...

Yep, right there on the mantle!

Sorry it took me 10 months to get back to you on this. I just now saw your note! I pitch the knuckler swinging my arm from the shoulder only. Pretend your whole arm is in a cast, and you can't bend your elbow or your wrist. You swing your whole arm from the shoulder, wrist locked, and you...

Is the white Miken Ultra illegal? The photo guide shows an illegal gray Miken Ultra, but not the white. I'm thinking the white one is a later bat that is okay? It does have the ASA seal on it.

It was strong enough to blow the ball from a perfect strike halfway to the plate, to hitting the batter when it got there. And erratic - it could just as well blow the ball 3 feet to either side of the plate. I've seen winds like this here in Illinois in March, but not in late June. We had to...

I remember a rule (somewhere?) that said if the wind is blowing so hard that neither pitcher can throw strikes, the umpire can opt to ignore balls and not issue walks. Am I dreaming, or is that a real rule?

Well, I DO throw a mean knuckleball. The last three outs, by the way, were grounders right back to me. And even more weird: Two of our best males were out, and the subs we used were 74 and 69 years old (and I'm 75). This, against a team of twenty-somethings.

BRAG ALERT! I've been a softball pitcher for over 40 years, and last Thursday night I pitched my first-ever perfect game. Granted, it was co-rec and the team we played wasn't the greatest. But they did win their game the week before. (This is the second week of fallball.) And we won in 4...

In our co-rec game tonight, the umpire said we would play our extra inning(s) under international rules - One out and the last batter from the last inning on second. I know about the runner from second, but one out? Hadn't heard that one before. Seems to be a disadvantage to a team that has...

Senior batter hits a ball that hits the strike board and then hits the batter, who is in fair territory because he immediately began his run to first and was over home plate. Since the board covers the plate, we don't know if the ball hit the board over the plate or behind the plate. Is this...

It's my impression that bats 25 oz and lighter are considered fast pitch, and bats 26 oz and heavier are considered slow pitch. I don't think lighter bats are made with more expensive materials. Lighter bats get around faster when you swing them, because you aren't fighting as much...

Thanks, guys, I found it. You'd think they'd make it the easiest thing on their site to find, rather than the hardest.

That used to work, but now you don't get a list of bats, balls, etc. Instead you get the attached page, which doesn't give you a link to lists of bats (except for non-linears):

Why does the ASA make it so hard (read: impossible) to find the current lists of approved and banned bats? Latest list I can find is several years old. Anybody have a URL for the lists? I did find an ASA document that said an older bat had been moved to the Banned list, but instead of...

The ASA had their winter meeting last week. Did they make any rule changes for 2015?

Always have, Zuke!

Thanks, Jefferson, I think my next question should be, what mask and what does it cost? Thanks!