Darin Ruf

Expert Analysis

Sample Insider Report – Quick Pitch: Illegal and Dangerous

Topics: Quick Pitch

Things got hot in Philadelphia this past Tuesday night after the Mets’ Hansel Robles “quick pitched” Darin Ruf of the Phillies. Insider Observations: Per rule 6.02 (a) (5), a quick pitch is an illegal pitch. “Umpires will judge a quick pitch as one delivered before the batter is reasonably set in the batter’s box. With…

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