To be fair, there COULD be something bad with the mound. I remember pitching at Franklin my senior year in high school (Franklin was one of the best teams around, as was my school) and the pitching rubber was angled a bit backwards. It was so awkward, I couldn't establish a good balance point, and it took extra effort to get my momentum moving toward home plate. I was not on top of my game that day. I still pitched well, somehow (in that I only gave up one run in five or six innings), but it didn't feel good at all. That said, Norris sucks.