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Originally Posted by Tim C
Curve balls that catch the front knee and then bounce short of the catcher cannot, in reality, be called strikes. It is not even an "unwritten rule" it is simple fact.
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First, how many pitchers have good enough stuff to actually catch the strike zone and then break to the dirt in front of the catcher?
Second, if he did have that good of stuff why wouldn't you call it?
it's got nothing to do with the quality of the catcher everything to do with the quality of the pitch.
If a pitch is in the strike zone and breaks to the ankles catcher picks it clean, it seems to me that only fear of the offensive coach prevents the strike call.
So the simple fact is, you're saying out of fear you would not call a strike on a ball you admit hit the strike zone?