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Originally Posted by NIump50
When was the last time you saw a 7 year old with stuff that starts at the knee and ends up near the ankles?
It's not 7 year old stuff we're talking about.
I call a strike on a pitch I clearly see pass thru the strike zone and I'm disrespecting the game? Somethings wrong with this picture.
If it was a universally accepted and fundamental truth, why is it not written down? Why, in the past 100 years has some one not thought about putting this in the rules. "If a curve ball passes thru the strike zone, but has great movement and drops to the ankles, such pitch shall not be declared a strike"
Usually fundamental truths get written down. When something becomes universally accepted it gets adopted in the rules.
Please give me the rational behind a ball passing thru the zone being called a ball.
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Because it's not the way "anyone" wants the game called. It's part of the "art" of calling strikes, not part of the "science" of calling strikes. The "science" part can be written, the "art" part can't.
It's similar to the "high strike" in MLB. For years, no one called it, and "no one" wanted it called. Umpires were graded down if they did call it.
But, times change, and now they want it called, and umpires are graded on it, and it is called.
So, too, may the time come when a curve that catches the knee and ends up at the ankle be called a strike. And, since change doesn't happen in all areas and for all umpires at the same time, the change may already be happening in your area. For most of us, though, any such change is not here.