My zone is my zone. I'm comfortable and most importantly confident in it. The only thing I will do is make sure to call all borderline pitches in the first couple of innings. That usually gets the hitters thinking they need to swing the bat, this moves the game along rather well. Also I feel if I call it that way early in the game, it needs to be the same call LATE in the game as well. That's consistency, which every umpire should stride for.
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