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| July 27, 2018 baseballbill 137 posts | Excessive Speed Pitch Can the Umpire call a pitch illegal for excessive speed or does he just give a warning to the pitcher ????? |
| July 28, 2018 B.J. 1105 posts | he should do both.. and part of the warning would be removal from the pitching position for the remainder of the game |
| July 28, 2018 Fred S Men's 85 297 posts | Like many of the pitching rules it is rarely called. In my years of playing I have seen it called only once. I am probably one of the big offenders of this rule but never been called on it. |
| July 28, 2018 baseballbill 137 posts | Guys: Thanks for you response. I agree with the illegal call but the Rule Book only states a "warning". |
| July 29, 2018 Turbobob Men's 65 71 posts | I have a difficult time trying to imagine a ball being pitched with "excessive speed" in a high arc league (5-10 feet or 6-12 feet). It would have to border on a flat, low pitch in order to have any momentum to hit the front or front edge and be a strike when using a strike plate. How fast can the speed be when in a low or high pitched lobbed ball? Just curious. |
| July 29, 2018 B.J. 1105 posts | baseballbill... there can be more than a warning.. here is the rule... as I posted earlier if continued the pitcher would be removed from the pitching position... RULE 6.6... G. The pitch shall be released at a moderate speed. The speed is left entirely up to the umpire’s judgment. The umpire shall warn the pitcher who delivers a pitch with excessive speed. If the pitcher repeats such an act after being warned, he shall be removed from the pitcher's position for the remainder of the game. |
| July 29, 2018 B.J. 1105 posts | Turbo.. you are correct they are flat pitches and the excessive speed is all umpire judgement |
