Maybe they already know. If not, they must be able to figure it out. I'd like to know the distance to the FRONT of home plate from the pitcher's hand when he releases the pitch.
I emphasise the FRONT of home plate because the distance from the pitching rubber on the mound is measured to the BACK of home plate. It's one of those dumb baseball things that are ignored and/or accepted because it's been that way for a VERY long time.
The pitcher starts his motion on the rubber and leaps down the mound to release from as close as he can get. Pretty dumb because it's so illogical and unfair. Randy Johnson must have released at least 12, maybe 18, inches closer to home than Whitey Ford. Johnson was a foot taller than Ford.
It's unfair to Ford and it's unfair to the batters who faced Johnson.
They could flash the distance on the scoreboard after each pitch, along with the speed out of the pitcher's hand.
Why moving the pitching distance back three feet to the middle of the diamond makes so much sense. Thursday, June 17, 2021
The casual fan thinks that's where it is now, in the middle of the baseball diamond. But the middle would be about 63 feet from the back of home plate, not the 60 feet, six inches to the FRONT of home plate it really is.
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