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WinterWillie,
Impossible for a coach to manipulate a strike zone. It's YOUR zone. The strike zone is determined from the batter's normal position in the batter's box.
During the pregame the lack of baselines and batter's boxes should have been addressed. I remind the coaches that the boxes and lines are the umpire/s judgment.
Any comment chirping about a play regarding those issues I immediately remind the coach that this is a judgment call and his/her arguing judgment calls is a violation of the rules. If this violation continues I will take further action.
As far as killing the play due to an injury that is also a judgment call and I would suggest always put safety first.
Michael
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