|
The "fun" part comes when you get some batters who set up in the very front of the batters box, and then question why you're calling a strike on a pitch that is above their shoulder when it passes their body, but drops into the strike zone when it passes the plate. And conversely, the same goes for batters who set up deep in the back of the box, and can't understand why pitches that pass through the stirke zone, then drop below their front knee, are also called strikes.
I've had some batters who will draw a line in the dirt behind home plate and state that any ball that hits in front or behind the line can't possibly be a strike. These are players who have no idea what the stirke zone is. Most players don't. I wipe away the line and tell them that if they draw the line again, it will be interpreted as questioning the umpire's judgement of balls and strikes.
|