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Old Wed Aug 03, 2005, 01:15am
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Originally posted by tzme415
I do mainly SP, this is how I try to stay consistent.

1) Watch the ball from the pitcher's hand to its apex to determine if it was a legal pitch.
2) Only worry about the pitch being over the back shoulder when it crosses the plate - this is a ball; anything lower is a strike (If it doesn't cross the plate including hitting the plate then it is a ball of course).
3) Don't worry about the ball being lower than the front knee - although noone has proved it to me - it is accepted that if the pitch is legal and lands behind the plate that it has to have been at least knee high.

So I try to get my eyes even with the back shoulder of the batter.
I'm taking this to the bank tz. Thank you very much. Concise and simple. I've never seen it explained so commonsensical like this before. I had this in my head all night (3 games) and felt all the more confident in my calls.

Again TYVM!
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