Mon Oct 02, 2006, 06:16pm
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
DG, yes, I will call a good changeup that passes through the strike zone a strike, no matter where it is.
If the age group is at the age where kids can throw hard, then inches above the belly button should not be a stike (with respect to the distance they are away from the plate, 65mph at 50 feet is throwing pretty hard)
A good fastball above the belly button is not "MEAT" to any hitter. And its not a strike in accordance with USSSA baseball rules which uses the MLB book.
If you want to go by the book, don't call it a strike. Thats the fairest thing to do, no?
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Could you post that strike zone rule here for me Tuss? My Sporting News edition of the Official Baseball Rules(2006) says different. It's got a picture and everything. It sure looks like the top of the zone is above the belly button to me(especially for 12 year olds).
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Just where are those dang keys?!
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