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For many years Ive called for a local summer H.S. developmental league. It is fun; low key, and we play with a lot of rec league type rules so the coaches could play all the kids and prepare for next years team. Three 1.5 hour games, one man crew.
A couple years ago we experience a wicked stretch of 90 deg high humidity weather and I knew it would be harmful to my health (considering my age and weight) to work 4.5 hours continuous behind the plate. So I moved out behind the pitcher.
I enjoyed the camaraderie with the pitchers (I knew most of the girls from the local and area schools). I was more relaxed. But I knew that my strike zone was bad. High/low was OK (probably better), but you are looking at the strike zone from an angle and you know you are missing the corners. Fair/foul was impossible to judge. And more than once I was making a safe/out call from the ground, having been put there by a hard throw from F5 or F2 that had my head in its crosshair.
When the weather broke after a couple weeks I was very happy to put all the gear on and get back in the slot again.
WMB
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