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Originally posted by LDUB
Last night I called a youth softball game. One of the girls seemed to have a little of a problem. So she is up to bat, pitch comes in, catcher moves and blocks my view of the end of the pitch. From what I saw of it, it was a strike. I call strike, batter looks back and says "Are you serious, thats insane." I dedide to let it go. She ends up getting a walk.
Next time she is up, first pitch is about halfway up the torso. I call the pitch a strike. Batter moans, and takes her arm and signals to the height of the pitch. Right after this pitch, we realized the game was over because of the slaughter rule. Now I would have issued a warning to the batter if the game had continued. Did I do the right thing?
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I would consider this a comment worthy of calm discussion with the batter, to wit, complaining about a called strike is not permitted. Afterwards, I might decide that the strike zone is temporarily BIG and she best be swinging. She will either hit the ball, or get the message.
Next time up, she "draws a line" at the height of the pitch, as she sees it. This, I would ignore, except that any pitch across that line is a strike while this batter is at bat, just like I would call a line drawn in the sand a strike. I am not a "line drawn in the sand ejector" so I would not eject for anything I have read here.
Now if she said "you are insane", that's immediate.