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Old Thu Mar 28, 2019, 11:50am
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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu View Post
I think you have to state that you saw a swing. "Yes! She did!" or "That's a swing."

This lets people (especially coaches) know that while the ball was out of the strike zone, you have a swing, and therefore a strike.

Simply just calling a strike will get you in trouble if a pitch is up around the batter's eyes. If you don't somehow acknowledge it was a swing, coaches will be on you for your crappy strike zone.
I corrected mt post to not say "strike", just signal.
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