As for pitchters cheating on purpose...
Imo ...while there may be a small percentage that are doing it to "try and gain a pitching advantage..."
for the most part pitchers are "trying not to do it" because the rule is there that they cannot and it does get called just not all the time.
This discussion would be better asked "why are the umpires not calling it".
Think the explanation previously explained in this discussion wrapped it up nicely. Think it's funny how because the rule does exist and it's not being called every single pitch.. that the rule should change.
Mostly I do not think pitchers are gaining an advantage by crow hopping.
2 or 3 inches. At the upper levels there may be some more odvious and excessive like the one in the video and the rule should definitely be applied. But I don't think their in great numbers doing it on purpose because "they are cheaters". Perhaps you are just feeling that you have been cheated and you're taking out your personal irritation on heybucket. If you're choosing to look at it as cheating, go for it, that's your observations and thoughts,
A little humor here possibly it's a conspiracy
Actually take a look at how many pitchers there are out there and how many are training which is Thousands and thousands, there is a very small percentage that are doing this. mostly we see it at younger developmental stages. which could be compared to youth basketball where kids double dribble. Or in soccer touch the ball with their hand.... xcetera.
In competitive softball definitely
It is the responsibility of the umpires to apply the rules. But most of the time there is only one umpire and that is going to be very hard for one Umpire to call.
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