{"id":5669,"date":"2010-12-06T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2010-12-06T06:31:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T14:31:23","slug":"australia%e2%80%99s-best-banned-from-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=5669","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s best banned from internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adam Folkard won't be pitching for Aussie national team (Photo by Melissa Adams)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

BY JON TUXWORTH SOFTBALL
\n06 Dec, 2010 01:00 AM
\nACT’s Adam Folkard was at ease atop the pitching mound yesterday. It’s where he feels most at home.<\/p>\n

But this week he admits he will do it tough when forced to watch his Australian teammates from the bleachers.<\/p>\n

Folkard’s team WA Mariners lost 3-0 to Canberra outfit Upstarts in the final of the Fastpitch Men’s Skins tournament at Hawker yesterday.<\/p>\n

He will be a mere spectator at the same venue this week, when a Test series against New Zealand and Argentina begins on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Renowned as the world’s best pitcher, Folkard has been banned from the international scene after the International Softball Federation recently outlawed his ”crowhop” pitching style.<\/p>\n

Folkard certainly has an ally in fellow Australian pitcher Andrew Kirkpatrick, who pitched for the Upstarts this week. Canberra product Kirkpatrick described the ISF’s ruling as ”quite shit”.<\/p>\n

”I’ve been playing in New Zealand and Japan the last two weekends, and they’ve been calling a few guys over there as well,” Kirkpatrick said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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