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I'll be honest, several years ago, I stopped letting the catcher "assist" me in making calls. Many of the catchers that I deal with still do not know how to properly frame a strike. I still get HS catchers pulling the ball into the strike zone and catching sinkers with the glove turned the wrong way. Personally, I got fed up with screwing the pitchers throwing beautiful splitters only to have the catcher ruin the pitch. I decided at that time to let the pitch and only the pitch call the strike. Sure I get crap for it especially when F2 sets up outside and the pitcher sends one on the inside of the plate. But you know what? I get the strike and I don't have 3 hour games anymore! I found that by the 2nd inning, everyone shuts up and the pitchers get down to business. I now use the Gerry Davis stance so even more-so, I don't care what the catcher does.
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When in doubt, bang 'em out!
Ozzy
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