Japan - Australia -- Women's Softball

[Theoldmole]

Australia went ahead in the 11th, Japan ties it up in the back of the 11th. Uemo now closing in on 300 pitches for Japan.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Is there any chance someone could make the majors pitching underhand? I know they probably wouldn't be able to get a whole lot of velocity on the ball, but location and movement are just as important, right? If you could get an underhand pitcher that could give you a league average ERA, you could probably let him pitch everyday for as long as you needed.
I wonder if underhand pitches are too easy to hit, or if there is just a stigma against it on the part of pitchers and/or scouts.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

They were all underhanded until 1884.

Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm not a mechanical physicist, but I'm guessing that getting movement on a 12" diameter ball over 45 feet is a lot different from getting the equivelant movement on a 9" ball over 60 feet. But wouldn't you call what Chad Bradford is doing "underhand"?

I'm not a biophysicicst either, but I'm guessing that underhand motions are less taxing n the shoulder.

I'm guessing a lot.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

AG/DC wrote: But wouldn't you call what Chad Bradford is doing "underhand"?

Well, he's not using the pendulum-type motion the ladies do.

AG/DC wrote: I'm not a biophysicicst either, but I'm guessing that underhand motions are less taxing n the shoulder.

Yeah, that's the idea- in the Women's college WS, each team will use their best pitcher every game, every inning, since it supposedly puts so little stress on the shoulder.

[Vic Sage]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

Kent Tekulve

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

Jeff Innis

[Guest themetfairy]

Chad Bradford

MiniKnight

[Frayed Knot]

]I'm not a mechanical physicist, but I'm guessing that getting movement on a 12" diameter ball over 45 feet is a lot different from getting the equivelant movement on a 9" ball over 60 feet

You're no geometrist either.

]Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

Ted Abernathy

[Guest AG/DC]

I meant to clarify "circumfernce, and not diameter" and I end up stating it dead wrong. I'll get 'em next time.

Tekulve.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: They were all underhanded until 1884. Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

Myself playing wiffle ball.

[Frayed Knot]

TheOldMole wrote: Australia went ahead in the 11th, Japan ties it up in the back of the 11th. Uemo now closing in on 300 pitches for Japan.

That Uemo pitcher for Japan not only won that game but came back to pitch again today and beat the U.S. for the softball gold medal.

[metirish]

That must be considered a stunning defeat for the US , they were steamrolling their way through these games.

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Whenever I think of a sidearmer or submarinber, I think of Elias Sosa first. Who is your 1st association?

Dick Hyde.
And a pitcher for Washington (back in the day) named Marty Kutyna. He had a herky-jerky delivery which started out as a traditional windup but led to the ball being released somewhere between sidearm and submarine.

EDIT: Just heard that the US team lost. I don't have any details yet, but I volunteer to go into their locker room and try to comfort them.


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