Posted by: frank () on Fri Jan 31 15:30:44 2003

I guess you are comparing 'A' to Major. I supose that my classification was misleading. I was talking about 'Major' fastpitch. Most 'A' level pitchers throw about 65-75MPH. I played 9 years Canadian Men's National Team, 20 years at MAjor 'A' level and you can not tell me that there is no difference between hitting a 95MPH pitch and hitting a 109 MPH pitch. If that is the case then you should have been a major league star. I am sure that any coach in the majors would welcome a pitcher who could throw 100+ MPH or why do you think they work so hard to find that extra 1-2mph in a fastball. Barry bonds if he played slo pitch softball would have to adjust his swing to play slo pitch. ps the best way to hit in slo pitch is to walk up on the ball. I was at the batting cages and i hit some slo pitch,then i hit some fast pitch and the level of the swing is different, just try it. its common sense that the 2 swings are different