Can MLB Players Get A Hit Against A Softball Pitcher 

What about 60' 6"? 😋

⁠@@Douglas_Ithat’s why they don’t throw from 60

They throw from 43', 38' is for I think 10U.

@@milanchen6113 35' 10u and under, 40' 12u, 43' 14u/high school/college

65 in softball at 43 is the same as 90 in baseball, both take about 4 tenths of a second. Your numbers are way off. They have trouble because the release is from a different location, give them a day in the cages against this and it dingers all day.

Lol 😂

They already did that a couple times.

Its right here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vetdKSXwPoI.html

Girls would have no problem with the fastball. Struggle with the curve.

@@mezenman sure

Perfect answer bro 👍 see too many people trying to compare the two and say one is better than the other but they are truly very different

I play both fastpitch and slowpitch softball. I always need time to adjust depending on the types of softball. It's very different, altho it's still in the same sport.

Give those guys a week or two of seeing those pitches at that distance and the outcome would be very different.

Exactly. The release point is totally different & the ball is initially rising instead of dropping. Batters train themselves to pick up the release point and start to trigger their swing, such as a front foot lift. The softball is coming out of a different spot and the pitcher is closer.

90% of it is the guys waiting for the arm to be above the head

I did this as a sophomore in high school. I was a pretty decent hitter. First ever slowpitch I saw I swing so early I could have swung twice. It only took a couple of at bats to figure out the timing and start ripping the ball.

When my daughter goes from fastball to a knee buckling change up is the most satisfying to watch.

Why do they have the pitchers so close compared to baseball? Why not make them the same?

Yeah they cant pick it . AT ALL

@@charleskavoukjian3441 Can't throw as far or as fast underhanded like that. Look at the speed. It's in the 60s. I could throw a baseball overhanded 60-70 in High School and I didn't even play the sport. Pro baseball players pitch over 100 mph. In order for it to be as challenging and fair with underhanded pitching, that distance makes the difference.

@@reedalexander7295 pro male softball pitchers trow 120-130 kph, thats 75-80 mph from 12 meters! Softball is harder than baseball in reaction time.

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you think mlb players have not seen whacky releases before? not to mention a smaller ball.

@@vincenthammons6705 damn you good? It ain’t that serious

They definitely do not get more movement lol

It's just repetition

I play both softball and baseball, hitting against a baseball is way harder than a softball

If they truly respected her art, they would not have been joking around at the plate.

@@RustyShackleford776 have you ever played competitive fastpitch? I played baseball through middle school and switch to softball for hs and it was not a drop in difficulty.

It’s the pitchers action that is hard. MLB players are used to overhand. If these guys get 100 pitches from a softball pitcher they would catch on pretty quick in my opinion.

BOOMER!!

@@williamjones2153 Sooner!

It's not embarrassing at all, totally different, softball pitchers throw from 45 feet, have them throw from 60 feet 6 inches and see what happens, its impressive but not embarrassing.

@@mikecoyle1969 thanks Homer.

@@mikecoyle1969 thanks Homer.

shes a pro and theyre just normal if it was mlb players, they woud win 10 to 0

@@GHBPrOdZ there is no way you are this dumb. They are literally MLB players lmao

@@GHBPrOdZ MLB Players sometimes have big time softball pitchers come in for hitting sessions. The MLB Players will struggle to hit. MLB Players have played their entire lives with the ball being pitched one way. They have twitch muscle memory based on decades of practice from this. Having the ball move in completely unexpected ways due to the different pitch style. The MLB Players would adjust eventually, but I don't know if three at bats would be enough for the average MLB Player. I'd say 10-0 is generous to the MLB players. I'd expect them to struggle the first at bat and do well enough by the third.

@@GHBPrOdZ I just looked them up and they’re actually all Draft picks by the MLB.

@@GHBPrOdZno they wouldn’t

Don’t be jealous she just wanted to win!! Boomer Sooner!

​@@brockpratt8459 no one's jealous of the hellhole you call OU.

Played in an exhibition against her in 1977. She pitched from 37 feet instead of normal 46 feet in mens fast pitch.

I think her name was Rosie Black.

Kind of like the king and his court.

@@nativetunes1600 I actually played in an exhibition game against The King. Managed to foul him off once, but that's it.

The king would pick from 2nd base and still couldn't hit it

Not gonna mention she threw a baseball not a softball, this is a debate between sports not gender

She was throwing overhand, this doesn't make any sense at all?

Aaron would be like “now this is easy” 😂😂

All I’m rooting for is the women are safe over their

There is a great book about Japanese baseball. The book is named " You Gotta Have Wa ".I don't recall the author. Wonderful book.

Hes already injured. Wont pitch for a little bit

@@donrightgaming1455 more like Don left gaming

​@@donrightgaming1455dude all that bullshit was just rumours

No cap

Barry Bonds faced Jennie Finch and pretty much put on a show. She was a top softball pitcher during that time.

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@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I pee in bottles I sell it a childrens parks and say it’s lemonade

@@calres8626 he put on a show against everyone

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Give them 10 looks and they'll be smashing everything.

Boomer

Who?

@cooperlynn9550 she’s the current catcher for the Oklahoma Sooners and played with Hope there

I've said this every time I see one of these videos. Of course it's hard to hit a fast-pitch softball the first few times you see one after exclusively hitting baseball pitching for years. This doesn't prove softball is harder than baseball. Not even close.

Exactly, it's just a different angle that we are not used to, once a baseball adjusts to the angle and the look and gets the timing, it's a wrap. Most legit women's softball players cannot make the adjustment to high level baseball pitching even at the high seventies low eighties.

No fucking shit

That's correct and hope pitches in the 60's so it would seem super fast.

And some of the best male softball pitchers can throw right around 80 and they just little further

It doesn't just feel 95, the reaction time from that distance is 95. It's as if he is facing 95.

@@johnoshack2429nope. Male softball picthers are same distance and throw average of 65. My father used to play in the leagues and my brother still does. They normally can make the ball move more but not throw faster.

I beg to differ bro I’ve seen videos of football players hitting bombs off softball pitchers. They’re good but these guys are not trying in this video very very clearly

The best sport in the world in my opinion.

My daughter started all 4 yrs on the D1 level and made the all Big East team her senior year. I can attest to this statement. We work hard for many years as a family.

I love Hope.!!❤👍👍

Thats not true lmao. Not every tap is a hit. It has to be perfect because while the bases are closer, so are the infielders.

@@99Em07 Fair enough. My experience with my girlfriend from years ago playing HS and DIII softball and watching a ton of games is that most contact that ends with the ball in play results in a hit. But perhaps at the DI level it's a bit different.

I played some social mixed softball in my 30s , most pitchers were not league, so main skill was just speed and placement - so even if fast, good hand eye easy enough to get contact. yeah when a team had a ring in serious pitcher /rep, no show, a ball that seems to be pitched from ground level rising up. Or a ball seemingly coming straight for your ribs, then curving over the base plate . You need a lot more time to handle those balls. Same in my country. someone says can you play a game of social cricket , seems weird a ball released at 8ft in air at speed hitting the ground in front of you , that you had no idea from lack of experience how it would bounce or stay flat or move with spin ( they can also move them in the air ) , so invariably I moved up the pitch to hit them on the full ,leave it , or do what's call a forward defensive shot . You really need to see thousands and thousands of balls no matter your hand eye ability - So i played badminton for fun - normally what you see is what you get in badminton

people forget? i don’t think anyone knows about it, including me

There are actually two - AU, Athletes Unlimited, and WPF, World Pro Fastpitch.❤

I was gonna say get Aaron Judge out there to send those balls into orbit

There not random guys there the people on this channel there really good baseball players and Eric even played in the pros I think tosh might have

I honestly doubt that our high school boys team would even show up to play against the girls Yes the boys team is that bad (but it’s not entirely the players fault the head coach is a moron the players literally go from undefeated or only losing a game or two a year thru middle school and freshman and jr year to not winning a game when they get to varsity and jr varsity years when they get to him yet the players are always the problem. Funniest thing i ever seen at a baseball field was when he was away for a few weeks because they had a kid and had complications the assistant coach and one the dads who coached most the boys before they got to high school coached the team and they didn’t lose a game including putting 5 runs on the team that won the division and went to state that year then when he came back and was running the team they went back to losing yet the head coach and the geniuses over the athletic board didn’t see a issue and couldn’t figure out that the coach is the problem) (Forgot to mention the game that he missed because he had a meeting at school and was supposed to drive to the game and meet the team that they won with the assistant and that same dad coaching the team because he came out to his car to a flat tire and had to miss the game)(said flat tire may or may not have been the result of a older brother of one the players loosening the valve core in his tire because he knew it was a blind spot in the lot lol)

Nah the pitchers now are way better. The movement is insane.

@Urania ☽ Larger ball at a slower pace, yes, but the distance is also shorter, so the batter has less time to see the ball. That makes it harder.

@Urania ☽ The bigger ball is definitely easier to hit. But you're forgetting the closer distance and different release point of the ball. The math equates that a 70 mph softball pitch being equivalent to a 100 mph baseball pitch. Most top softball players are throwing upper 60s with the superstars getting above 70 so in that way its actually pretty similar to baseball with top pitchers throwing 90s with the elite hitting over 100. And actually there are a few mens fastpitch leagues and those guys can throw it in the 80s meaning it would be like hitting a 125+ mph baseball. Almost impossible to hit. Also the softball pitch style allows for different ball movements like a rise ball and screw ball.

@@brucesmith765 nah the hitters here aren’t as good as bonds

Barry was doing that MLB pitchers. Jennie stood NO chance lol

When did he have a weightlift injury

Idk he posted a short recently like today or yesterday

it’s a couple week old vid needed stitches but was good

There is au pro softball and they’ve been playing since 2020

@@StretchedTendies never even knew that, needs to be bigger cause it's awesome

There’s AU Softball, but there is also Women’s Pro Fastpitch (WPF), which is the league that Hope is a part of!

@@WatchMomentum wow, I've been under a rock lol glad to hear it! Thank you guys🤘🏼🤘🏼 love the channel

​@@f-1shiddyWPF is founded by former OU great, Lauren Chamberlain.❤

But he’s an amazing mlb player these are just a few people that hit in the mlb a few times

Cant throw it in baseball it’s the arm motion. Rise and drop balls are wicked. My daughter doesn’t have those two quite yet. But her fastball to change up is nasty. Just throwing the kids timing off really sets hitters behind. She doesn’t even throw more than 40 mph but kids used to seeing 50 and 60’s they are done. Cant do anything with them. Grounders and lazy pop ups.

A softball pitcher can throw just as many movement pitches as a MLB pitcher. Drop ball, rise, curve, screw, drop ball, drop curves, knuckleball. It's just insane. Now with that being said not all pitchers throw all these pitches obviously, they may keep it to four pitches.

@@urcookin there is one pitcher in baseball that can throw a riser technically, Tyler Rodgers.

How many do you have?

Bonds took the bitch way out. He was so insecure about getting out he refused to actually swing, he basically bunted….which I could have done

Then it wouldn’t be softball anymore, it would be baseball. They aren’t the same game, and this woman is very good at what she does. Of course the men are going to struggle a bit with something that’s very different from what they’ve seen all their lives that doesn’t mean anything other than it’s different - why do you need to try to diminish her talent?

So you're saying softball umps are shitty. Got it.

@@frocat5163 yeah, pretty much.

She is pitching from the regulated distance for fastpitch softball; 43 ft