The fields I've always played on are 260.

ostreds that’s the same distance as women’s fast pitch

@@BrianViPond no they are not. Go watch a game and learn.

rules have changed, you can start with your back foot off the rubber, and hop when throwing the pitch.

the game isn't the same as it was 30 years ago which is unfortunate

Suspense & ESCAPE! Totally agree - balk

no balk man

The key term, '30 years ago'

Chuck was a good pitcher but did not throw anywhere near 90 and was known as a finesse pitcher not a hard thrower. The hardest throwers are actually around 80 mph. Peter Meredith from New Zealand threw the hardest. Brad Underwood from Owen Sound was the hardest throwing lefty. Mark Smith of California threw hard too. Ty Stofflet from Allentown in his prime was among the very best. Pitching was actually from 45 feet. around 70 at 45 feet is comparable reaction time to a 115 mph fastball. Appreciate your enthusiasm but time exaggerated your memory a bit.

@@stevedakota943 mark smith is Canadian .

@@stevedakota943 these guys today with the leaping , grip aids have a lot more spin on the ball. You can't compare eras apples and oranges .

@@MeLoNHeAd00 Couldn't remember and didn't know him well. He hung it up just as I was getting into it. I was thinking when I faced him he was with a California team. I was thinking it was Camarillo.

@@MeLoNHeAd00 They started putting stickum on the ball in the 80's. Cheating bastards. Michael White would use a whole can of it. The pitchers a few years back were much better than today. One reason was the shear numbers of pitchers. Nobody today throws as hard as Meredith and Underwood. Doubt they can move it around like a Tangeroa or finesse it like a Michael White.

It is not crow hop, regarded as two steps. Not illegal in current national rule.

scnnth that is called crow hopping, that little jump they do is the definition of crow hopping. both feet are leaving the ground at the same time.

Hitters would have their way with pitchers if pitchers aren't allowed to hop off the rubber. Yes it does provide more forward momentum, and decrease the distance from the ball to the plate

@@spencerschaan8647 It's more indicative of the lack of pitching talent the game has these days. .... Ty Stofflet didn't crow hop....Kevin Herlihy didn't crow hop....and I can assure you none of today's hitters would "have their way" with those guys.

Ajo Joe I was not alive when the rule change was made to allow crow hopping. What was the reasoning? Was bat technology becoming too advanced that the pitchers needed something extra? Yes there are not as many elite pitchers today like in Stofflet’s time but there are at least a few.

Just look at the ball coming in it's on top of you

He lost in 17 to NY Gremlins.

tony muriuki you're surely trolling yeah?

tony muriuki your team will get lit up

tony fastpitch or basebal?

Jack Wagstaff ruin the popularity? Lol i dont think there ever was popularity, considering theyre grown men playing on a little league field

@@johnjacob4973 pitching distance is closer than baseball, so are the fielding. this means less reaction time which makes it a harder sport to play than baseball.. you do realise the ball doesn't fly as far compared to a baseball thats why the fences closer right?? smh..

Dilettante Savvy lol well 1. Its softball. Obviously it’s not as a hard. Have you ever watched a softball game? Its pretty obviously to see. 2. Not a point, but a question: wouldn’t it be funny to watch some guy play against girls in a softball game? They’d crush the girls lol

@@johnjacob4973 wouldn't be funny to watch some guy crush some girl in a fight ? whats your point? guys are stronger and more skilled than woman. this proves nothing. we saw this when serena Williams regarded as the best womans player lost in straight sets to a 200th ranked college player in tennis. I currently play softball and I've played baseball. both sports are hard. to say softball isn't hard is a joke. Im hoping you are ignorant and not stupid..

Dilettante Savvy I was talking girls softball, not guys, so yeah i can see if youre saying guys softball is harder. But hahaha what are you talking about? A guy crushing a girl in the fight is not comparable with a guy playing girl in softball. Those are 2 different thing. Ever heard of a fallacy? You should learn

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It's often because they started where there was no baseball

Even with this level of skill, any pitcher on this team would dominate the ncaa if allowed. Monica Abbot holds the record for the fastest pitch in women's fastpitch at 77 mph and the average is 65 mph. That's Rec league quality in the men's level. The fence is 60 feet further than NCAA st 285 feet dead center. There has never been an NCAA women's fastpitch home run farther than 280 feet. If anything, the fact that the NCAA and AIAW forced fastpitch to be a women's only sport to comply with Title IX destroyed the sport itself, which is why finding the male talent is difficult when the perception is that fastpitch is the girl's version of baseball when in fact, men play fastpitch and women are amazing at baseball like the leagues in Japan. If you were to look at the men's leagues from 40 years ago, it would blow your mind. Only the legends like Joan Joyce were able to play in those leagues. Whereas today, the only women's team I could think of that could compete in men's fastpitch today would be Oklahoma or a time traveling international all star team of the legends like Lauren Chamberlain, Keilani Rickets, Jennie Finch, Lisa Fernandez, Tanya Harding, etc.

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