[kq76]

The point that made that story even more impressive to me was when I read that their mound was only 46 feet from home plate. Now I'm far from 12, but even at my age 82 mph from only 46 feet away doesn't sound like a whole heck of a lot of time to react to the pitch. Just think, sure MLB players have to face 100+mph pitches, but those pitches are from 60 feet or so away. And yeah, the true release point of pitches in MLB is like 55 feet away, but then the release point in little league maybe like, what 44 feet? And while kids may have pretty good reaction times, I don't think they've developed their eye enough yet to pick up what the pitch is likely to do like MLBers have. They're probably going up there just hoping and praying that they make contact.