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Old Mon Jun 19, 2006, 02:26pm
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What say you?
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It's a matter of preference. it's not a right / wrong answer. It's what works best for you.

With the exception of high quality baseball I would not recommend it.

Why!

Depending upon the nature of the game your strike zone may change and a pitch you called a ball and verbalized outside may now be a strike because of the way the game is progressing.

Another drawback of verbalizing location is when you "Miss it" No matter how good of a plate person you are, no one gets evey pitch correct. Therefore what are you going to say when you missed it.

Generally speaking I do not verbalize location. In addition that is the accepted practice in the association for which I work.

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