Entering my 49th year of umpiring, and no one has ever questioned "strike",(well, that is not true,  )but they do understand a clear "strike"
and yes, I clearly say "ball" also.
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glen _______________________________
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
--Mark Twain.
Last edited by whiskers_ump; Mon Apr 17, 2006 at 07:32am.
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