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Old Thu Jun 16, 2005, 06:33am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by noobie

Even though the umpire's manual says not to call "low", "high", "inside", "outside", "tall", "deep" (and all those other adjectives we could use to describe why a ball is a ball); I see just about every ump in my league doing it. It seems there's an expectation on the part of pitchers of automatic feedback. Having pitched, I can relate, but the official "book" says not to do this.
If they want to announce a game, they should get a microphone.
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How does everybody else handle this?
I call a true strike zone. If I have anything to say about the pitch, it's quietly between the catcher and myself. Eventually, the catcher will call the game for you if they are smart. Yeah, yeah, I know
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