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Old Tue May 23, 2006, 05:01pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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[QUOTE=tzme415]Thanks guys -

I think some of these guys play 16" or USSSA and forget you can't fake in ASA 12", but I did have one guy just say that he was losing his grip on the ball so he stopped. One more question on this, If the pitcher does a fake, should I call time and make him restart the delivery or just call illegal pitch and let the batter decide if he wants to swing at the pitch?[quote]

No, if the pitcher literally stops, as opposed to hesitating, kill it and award a ball.

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Its the ones that only get to just under 6 ft that are hard to call for me because I have to wait until it gets about 1/2 way to the plate to see if it going to get high enough. Then by the time I say illegal the batter is already swinging, this is especially bad if there are already 2 strikes. I'll just work on seeing the pitch and trying to be quicker with the call. And thank Mike for giving me something of a comeback if they give me a hard time.
Forget the 6' and try using to 7'-11'. Even then the batters will swear you are missing the low pitches.
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