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MAT Ball is used alot in Seniors Play. The MAT touches the plate and goes back about 18" if I remember. A great game to call is where one pitcher is trying to throw 5' 9" hiot the front of the plate and the other pitcher 13' + and drop on the back of the MAT.
All is well until the 6th inning in a close game and then the chior starts singing about your strike zone highth. The solution is to tell the managers that it appears your depth perception must have left so all strikes will be between 8' and 10'as you have no trouble judging that heighth The managers will have the chior shut up and hit.
It is a great game to umpire at the 65 and 70 year old level. No play at the plate, just cross the line, courtesy runners after the hitter gets on and the Seniors can still jack it 300'
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The Bagman
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