My experience with slow pitch has mostly been Church League, and ours it pretty civilized. I've seen some other leagues play where it's very intense. Ours is more my speed. Fun, and at the end of the night, the guys share a beverage or two up in the parking lot.
My daughter's fastpitch was a whole different game. The girls played hard, and played for keeps. Ellie was a pitcher, and a pretty good one too. If the opposing pitcher hit one of her girls, Ellie wasn't the least bit afraid to return the favor. If a girl stood in on top of the plate, you could bet Ellie'd pitch her a high inside fastball right under her chin. Running the bases, if she made to second in time to break up a double play, there'd be a shortstop or a 2nd baseman laying on the ground. She wiped out a couple catchers at home too. It was the only way she knew to play the game. She hit one catcher so hard at the plate, she knocked her glove and her mask clear off of her.
