A. The ball must be pitched underhanded at slow speed.
B. The pitched ball must arc at least 3 feet after leaving the pitcher’s hand and
before it passes any part of home plate.
C. The pitched ball shall not rise higher than 10 feet above the ground.
EFFECT Sec. 5. A-C. The speed of the pitch and height of the pitched ball are left entirely
to the judgment of the umpire (NOTE: Forsake of uniformity in decisions, any doubtful pitch
should be ruled as an unfairly delivered pitch). The umpire shall warn a pitcher who delivers
a pitch with EXCESSIVE SPEED that repeating such EXCESSIVE SPEED PITCH will cause
the pitcher’s removal from the pitcher’s position for the remainder of the game. A pitch that
does not arc the full 3 feet as required (flat level pitch) may not be an EXCESSIVE SPEED
PITCH, but merely an unfairly delivered pitch.
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