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Yes, I carry a book around. It's not that hard. Download the PDF, print it out in small print, exclude the index and the beginning parts about the "federation", and keep it in a plastic wrap in my back pocket. Coaches have a book, too.
"People of the book" indeed.
This is ISF rules, men's fastpitch. Players are anywhere from 16 to 60 y/o, and the league is in an independent (ie, not school) framework.
Are you sure about calling both a strike and a ball on that pitch? It just doesn't make sense to me.
As for the other questions about "what if the catcher overthrows to the pitcher", etc. It should be obvious to the PU what the catcher's intent is. This is a fundamental umpiring skill, or rather, art.
Shmuel
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