FIVE-TIME ISC TOP PITCHER – Adam Folkard has won five ISC Most Outstanding Pitcher awards, and has led Australia to titles in the ISF and WBSC World Championships. In 2016, he pitched the Hill United Chiefs of Ontario, Canada to runner-up in the ISC World Tournament and was named an All-World pitcher for a eighth time. His 4-1 record gives him 39 wins all-time in ISC World Tournament play. Photo By BOB OTTO
The Telegram Sports
By Nicholas Mercer
Sept. 12, 2016
ST. JOHNS, NL – Seeing high-level fastpitch softball play out on a computer screen over a webcast doesn’t do the game justice.
Nor does it allow the average fan to appreciate just what goes into throwing the softball very hard at the plate.
When you’re watching the game 20-feet from the pitching rubber, it’s easy to see the webcast sells the act incredibly short.
A hush falls over the crowd as the pitcher takes his signs from the catcher. They’re counting on seeing something great with every pitch.
That sense of anticipation only heightens when the pitcher rocks back before leaping towards the plate and uncoiling a ball that travels at ungodly speeds.
