Friends don't let friends play slowpitch.

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[video=youtube_share;PypphWjEgUc]http://youtu.be/PypphWjEgUc[/video]

 

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It's something allright! My older daughter started in fp and moved to slowpitch later. She was the best hitter and fielder, needless to say.

 

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My 13yo pitcher was watching this with me and said "Dude, seriously, how hard is it to adjust?" I love her. :lmao:

 

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Lol ... that is awesome ...

Having been an ex-slowpitch player myself, let me just say that you won't see me stepping the box anytime soon! Now, there actually is an adjustment going the other direction as well ... I would say that should take a full 3 or 4 pitches.

 

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The truly funny part is that neither guy even tried to adjust! LOL

 

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I played at a fairly high level of slow pitch, and id have to say they are 2 completely different sports with the only thing in common is the word "softball". I would compare it more to baseball than slow pitch.

 

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I laughed so hard in my office my employees came to check on me .... absolutely FANTASTIC !!!!!

 

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Need to ask if riseball really rise...;&

 

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obviously those guys never heard " hands above the ball " or " bat angle" in their slow pitch training . Lol

 

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This reminds me of myself in the batting cages when dd first started playing fastpitch, and I told her let me show you how it's done. Old man probs.

 

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if you have a free sat. this summer, check out some of the Sr. slo-pitch stuff at the fields in Barberton, and i mean Sr. guys are in their 60-80's.

 

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That was an awesome video. I had been a slowpitch junkie for 30 + years until my GD started to play fastpitch.....whole new game. Those guys sure looked sad and they are top level slowpitch dudes. WOW, they will never live that down.

 

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I have played against Brett and Wegs and they are 2 of the best in the Majors. Most of them have a baseball background as well, but still can't adjust . Having caught for my DD and her instructor who is an ex Racer's pitcher, I have total respect for these girls/women who stay in there and hit that stuff.

 

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I took the cage about a month ago at practice... 60-63mph and the machine at 35'... lit it up for 2 buckets of balls. Was even surprised by myself. Drove the back wall numerous times and had a nice natural lift on the ball. With my bad neck and back... I paid for it for about 3 weeks and for that I'm lucky. Usually it takes months to recover.

 

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Like Nick said, both guys are almost iconic in the slow-pitch world these days. The big lefty, Brett Helmer, is a national sales rep for Easton Sports. I guarantee you that he had the utmost respect walking into the box for the skill level of these young ladies.

Both are also co-owners in the former Eggleston Park in Cincinnati near Rumpke. I think their park is the overflow park for a couple of Rumpke's bigger FP events.

I would like to see the video of Jenny Finch whiffing Albert Pujols and a couple of others at the All Star break a couple of years back. From what I hear they didn't even foul tip one single pitch she threw.

 

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I took the cage about a month ago at practice... 60-63mph and the machine at 35'... lit it up for 2 buckets of balls. Was even surprised by myself. Drove the back wall numerous times and had a nice natural lift on the ball. With my bad neck and back... I paid for it for about 3 weeks and for that I'm lucky. Usually it takes months to recover.

Not trying to be a jerk, but it's just not the same. Machine comes in without the movement of the live pitch.

 

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no doubt and point understood for sure... just had fun and after all this time of coaching it I had to know what I could do even in my broken down body. Movement... need a Hack Attack Machine to test that one... it's on my list of things to add to softball goodies. And still nothing can replace the human abilities of manipulating a batter. Never will...