italiadomenic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

dang soft balls are harder to hit ahahahahah owned

cosmo341 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

So, someone enlighten me. If softball is soo hard, how come the men that train for fastpitch do just fine against even faster pitching than girls will ever see? Why is there no video of that? Oh yeah, because that would prove without a doubt how flawed this study is. But hey, if any of you want to believe this proved anything, go on right ahead. You're the one who's going to look stupid.

cosmo341 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"A world class female pitcher who throws a 68mph pitch released at 38 ft would allow the hitter .381 of a second to react, which equates to a 95 MPH pitch in baseball. A world class male windmill pitcher who throws an 80mph pitch released at 40 feet would allow the hitter . 341 of a second, which relates to a 106mph pitch in baseball." WHOOPS! That doesn't change things at all does it. What if this guy faced Papelbon and got blown up on 3 straight pitches too? Would that prove anything?

cosmo341 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Oh wait, silly me, I know why. Because if a Men's fastpitch hitter faced a softball pitcher, it would blow this test out of the water! Or give a baseball player a month to train for underhand fastpitch motions! Or put some random softball player up against CC Sabathia? What would that look like? Too bad such a horrifically flawed study is given creedence by people. You have to be extremely naive or just an absolute moron to believe this study proves anything other than they made a flawed study

cosmo341 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How about having some Men's fastpitch hitters face Finch. You know, the guys who have actually faced underhand pitching and have swings more tailored to fast pitch rather than the MLB pattern (yea everybody conveniently leaves that little part out; girls fastpitch and mens baseball not being the same). Men's fastpitch hitters are trained to hit at short distances, underhand motions, and different mechanical principles. They face pitching faster than any girl can imagine throwing.

gsryank (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How about haveing a softball batter trying to hit a baseball pitcher. Id like to see the results.

cosmo341 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why is it that 95% of softball players fail at spelling, capitalization, and general communication skills? Is it an inherent trait? Hard to take anyone seriously when words like "nd", "is" instead of "its", and "their" instead of "they're" come up. Must be too much to type anything other than "OMG saftball is teh RoXeR's!!!1! Boys sukk! Wier bedder!"

meganmjh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i'm a softball pitcher, nd i love this video because this proves to all of you baseball players that you have it easier than us! haha. but im sure yew wont hear us complaining about it because we are tough! :]

ppfrc91 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

17 6'1" 215

Crater555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

how big and old are you