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Pitching Rules

coach2709coach270910,000+ posts
There is a discussion going on in the main forum about pitch counts. Stats4gnats (I think I got his name correct) posted this link which shows the pitching rules for each state (I'm taking his word although I haven't researched it - the rules for Kentucky and North Carolina are spot on so that leads me to believe this is a legit link)

http://www.infosports.com/scor...images/pitlimits.pdf

Check out Louisiana to see how stupid it is what they do.

Anyway this got me to thinking about a few situations and questions.

1. After looking at how different most of the states are (or can be) why doesn't the NFHS come up with a rule that will govern the entire nation?

2. Would adopting a rule such as this for the entire country help to enforce any pitching limitations? I'm not saying this is something the umps have to keep up with because right now it's strictly an honor system. It's almost impossible to enforce right now because you don't know what other teams are doing.

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MU Mr Umpire100+ posts
1) Even if they did, each state adopts FED rules or don't. And, then, they interpret things as they think/understand the rule. Given that, I doubt anything would ever be "universal" no matter how hard FED tried.

2) It will probably only work if there are officials assigned to keeping track of this. Some kind of reporting system which is the only way to keep track of it all with penalties if violated. Then, the coaches can bring their reports to the games and present them to the umpire if there is an issue to be addressed.

That is one way to handle it but I don't see it becoming a reality. And, as an umpire, we don't worry about pitching regulations unless brought up to us anyway.
yawetagyawetag100+ posts
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Originally posted by Mr Umpire:
2) It will probably only work if there are officials assigned to keeping track of this. Some kind of reporting system which is the only way to keep track of it all with penalties if violated. Then, the coaches can bring their reports to the games and present them to the umpire if there is an issue to be addressed.

Nope. Put the onus on the coaches to keep track of it. If one coach thinks the other violated the pitching rules, they talk to the state. The state investigates, then decides on the outcome of the game.
MU Mr Umpire100+ posts
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Originally posted by yawetag:
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Originally posted by Mr Umpire:
2) It will probably only work if there are officials assigned to keeping track of this. Some kind of reporting system which is the only way to keep track of it all with penalties if violated. Then, the coaches can bring their reports to the games and present them to the umpire if there is an issue to be addressed.

Nope. Put the onus on the coaches to keep track of it. If one coach thinks the other violated the pitching rules, they talk to the state. The state investigates, then decides on the outcome of the game.
I completely agree. We have enough to worry about as it is.

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