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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
I'm not going to call a cockshot a ball unless the catcher completely bails out and lets me catch it. But pitches that are on the extreme edges of the zone should be stuck by the catcher to get those calls. Their coaches will even tell them that that's why the umpire didn't call it a strike. "Catch that and it's a strike, meat!" or words to that effect are often heard from the dugout.
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If reds on black or top on bottom I prefer the catcher to stick it
but if it's inside of that it's a strike regardless of what the catcher does.