Speaking of Ole Miss

SloMotion · 12-03-2014, 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by SapperSaint

She's pretty good with the bat.

A a batter trying to hit a 58-60 MPH fastball in fastpitch softball, has the same reaction time as a baseball player trying to hit a 105 MPH fastball. There are few that can throw in the low 70's. That's bringing it! If you blink; take your eyes off the ball for a milisecond and it's a strike.

My daughter pitches every once in a while. I used to have to catch her. Lets just say I bought shin guards. Lucky for me, I used to be a catcher so it wasn't as bad on me.

I hear ya' ... played a lot of "slo"-pitch (of course,

) at one point and our "manager" got the bright idea to enter us in a fast-pitch tourney because we had one guy (count 'em ... ONE,

) who could pitch at that level. Yeah, we were the 'pride of the bar leagues' ...

Needless to say, it was an eye-opening weekend for me ... think I managed to foul one off at some point, not sure,

... made me a firm believer that the hardest thing to do in professional sports would be hitting a fastball,

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12-03-2014, 04:43 AM	#6
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Speaking of Ole Miss Originally Posted by SapperSaint She's pretty good with the bat. A a batter trying to hit a 58-60 MPH fastball in fastpitch softball, has the same reaction time as a baseball player trying to hit a 105 MPH fastball. There are few that can throw in the low 70's. That's bringing it! If you blink; take your eyes off the ball for a milisecond and it's a strike. My daughter pitches every once in a while. I used to have to catch her. Lets just say I bought shin guards. Lucky for me, I used to be a catcher so it wasn't as bad on me. I hear ya' ... played a lot of "slo"-pitch (of course, ) at one point and our "manager" got the bright idea to enter us in a fast-pitch tourney because we had one guy (count 'em ... ONE, ) who could pitch at that level. Yeah, we were the 'pride of the bar leagues' ... Needless to say, it was an eye-opening weekend for me ... think I managed to foul one off at some point, not sure, ... made me a firm believer that the hardest thing to do in professional sports would be hitting a fastball, . SapperSaint likes this.