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Umps many times call a bigger zone for poor, slow pitchers than they do for more experienced, better pitchers in the same game.
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Gonna disagree with this one. Fortunately, I've only had a couple of pitchers this year that I'd describe as this "If the plate were her backside, she couldn't find it by reaching both hands behind her." The lousy pitcher is not likely to get any break or special consideration from me. Then again, I don't do much of the rec ball level.
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A pitcher with good control will get more calls around the edges than one who is wild because there is a psychological benefit from having the ump think you meant to put it there.
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I'll somewhat agree with this one, using this example. Two pitchers throw the same borderline pitch, one sees it called a strike, the other has it called a ball. For the strike, this is by a pitcher who has command of her pitches and threw this one exactly where the catcher called for it. For the ball, the catcher had to lunge to get this one and many other pitches during this game because this pitcher doesn't have any idea where the ball is going other than she is throwing the ball somewhere near the catcher. I am not likely to reward a mistake.
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