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Mike wrote:

Look at it this way. They don't want to upset the coaches with the red pencils.

And I did not intend to upset the coach I did with 2 OBS calls
at HP.
Same catcher, twice blocked the plate well before ball reached
and the sliding runner had no opportunity to reach the dish.
She actually committed the act three times, but dropped the ball
on the third one. Coach informed me that the college umpires
normally gave a little more leadway to a play of that nature.
Told her was not a college umpire, but don't think even they would
have allowed a block as early as her F2 was doing. Had one of her
batters keep bat over plate on an attempted bunt, [ball bounced to
plate] without even a hint of drawing the bat back and when I called
it a strike, she said that was not my call to make, [I stated "she went"
Strike.] that it was FU's call and that I called it without asking
him if batter "Swung". I call a lot of AFA whose rules are largely taken
from NCAA. If batter leaves bat over plate without withdrawing it,
then regardless of ball location, pitch is a strike.

Guess we all have something to learn.

glen