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

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.

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.

...and you ain't no man!

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'

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.

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

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

Leaping is not crow hopping. Might want to learn the game....

He lost in 17 to NY Gremlins.

lol..the D may be having a bad game but go and try to hit this pitcher and see how well u do..He was striking out ex professional baseball players..lol

Finalman26 THA BULLZ no way these dudes played ball professionally. Maybe a couple college players, but I don't give a shit how good of a hitter you are. If you can't play any better defense than this you could never play pro ball. They look unathletic. Nothing about them is smooth.

no just one that use to play professionally on the n.y, gremlins i think..i remember my uncle telling me when we were watching them play hills united in rockford ILL..Its a blast to play especially when foreigners come over and play and they can move that ball like crazy..U should take up the sport man especially after ur done with baseball and there are no other sport to play..Its how i got interested in fastpitch..

correct JAY..The D here just had a bad game..The D may be horrible but the pitching is outstanding..

JAY- TATE lol I bet women's college teams would compete with these dudes. Obviously wouldn't throw as hard, but these pitchers would be called for an illegal pitch every time if they played by actual rules. No shit the pitchers would have success against baseball players, because they don't see this type of pitching. Give them a couple ABs and I bet they would get their timing down and smash these dudes. There's very little athletic ability being showcased during this game. Just watch at 1:13 and 3:23. These guys are just washed up baseball players that never made it anywhere, but wanted to keep playing competitively. Not hating on them, just saying you can see why they aren't playing baseball anymore.

ya..the best mens fastpitch pitcher in the world sucks...uh huh

best mens fastpitch pitcher in the world?? lol

Yea they do suck....errors, dropped fly balls....are the fences like 225 ft little league distance???

@@ostreds do you comment on post without any knowledge of the sport?? yes the fence is closer than baseball but thats because the ball doesn't fly as far

@@bw66210 Played baseball for 15 years+..3 at the college level. Playing softball for the past 15 years, so yea, I know how to play...these guys don't Is it really a field with just over little league spec fences?? And please explain the horrible fielding for these "world class" players...haha Comical

tony muriuki you're surely trolling yeah?

tony muriuki your team will get lit up

tony fastpitch or basebal?

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.