Mon Apr 18, 2005, 11:36pm
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Please explain a reasonable philosophy for this situation.
Catcher sets up outside... calling for a pitch that should be outside the plate. Pitcher 'misses' his mark and the pitch comes down the tube/middle of the plate.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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If he sets up outside and the comes down the tube, it's a strike. But if it is off the black inside and he has to reach for it, everybody in the park is expecting a ball call, so they get it. Now if he sets up on the black and the pitcher hammers the mitt with it, it looks so good that everybody in the park expects a strike, except the batter, who should have been swinging. If he sets up inside and the ball catches the black, same thing. Inside or outside, on the black, an inch below the knee, and the catcher did a good job, it's a strike. I am a little stingy on high srikes, but if the pitcher throws one two inches above the belt on the black (either side), oh my... I seldom get a comment when the catcher looks good catching one and I call it a strike. How a catcher catches is definitely a factor on the borderline pitches. If he drops one that comes down the pipe, no matter, it will be a strike. If he drops a borderline pitchit's a ball.
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Why would you be stingy on high strikes? [/B]
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Well I meant stingy on high borderline pitches. If it's high but in the zone, I call it.
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