He wasn't trying to make himself bigger -- the pitch would've hit him had he not turned his back.
It was a fastball, but it wasn't so fast the batter couldn't have made an attempt to get out of the way. He chose to turn and possibly saved his elbow from being hit.
Again, I didn't call it. My partner did, so I backed him up. He does varsity games while I'm plugging along in JV games in my second year. I deferred to him.
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