14 Jun 2022 11:17 am
I think what we played was "windmill"..but not all pitchers used that delivery.Zeets2 » 14 Jun 2022, 11:03 am » wrote: ↑ I played mostly what's called "modified" here rather than fast pitch, which allows windmill-type pitching. In modified, the pitcher can only bring his arm back as high as his shoulder, but that's still pretty fast. But I think I enjoyed pitching high-arc the most, which really required a great deal of skill to get a called strike on a 15' arc, which needed to land right behind home plate to be called a strike. The last day I played at age 58 required me to pitch 3 consecutive games in one day in the playoffs, as our other two pitchers were both away that day. Won the first two games, then ran out of gas halfway through the last game and lost in the semi-finals. In my very last at bat, I connected for a double off the best pitcher in the league, the only hit I ever got off him, so that made the end a bit less bitter for me.
Did you only play fast pitch windmill?
We had a "low arc" slow pitch league that was really fun.
Imagine playing on a windy night in Colorado at 7000 feet..!!
Bombs Away..!
I tore into an "unlimited flight" softball and found a solid hard plastic sphere. The leather hide was contact cemented to the plastic sphere. These balls travel even better after you remove the leather cover...!
There are baseballs made the same way that I believe are used just for those Home Run Derbys.