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Originally Posted by mick
Through the first inning, if you have both pitchers consistently throwing 4" low and 4" off the plate how do you handle it? - Change your zone for the afternoon.
- Call balls and live with the grief.
- Hope for another pitcher.
- None of the above
mick |
My strike zone doesn't change because the F1's can't hit it. 4" low and 4" off the plate is, IMHO, crap umpiring.
Every coach that knows me knows where my strike zone is (and the ones that don't know me have 7 to 9 innings to figure it out). I have a reputation for my consistent zone. My reputation as an umpire is very important to me. My zone doesn't change from game to game; F1 to F1; or pitch to pitch. The coaches know that I won't open my zone up because their F1's are having a bad day. I'll call balls until they get tired of hearing it and put someone in that can throw.