[derstander]

Not to be a pill but velocity (in physics and as-used in the preceding posts) is well-defined and includes both time and distance. So if reducing distance results in the same time then, indeed, the velocity must be lower.

If one is talking abstractly about the “velocity” of the game I suppose a point could be made about that.

[AlbertCory]

I think he's thinking fast-pitch softball, where the ball does indeed get to the plate in a comparable time.

In slow-pitch, which I was talking about, it's no contest.