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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
I'll give you an example that pops to mind.. Marissa Drewery who just signed with Cal Bears from the Sorcerers/Oakdale HS who I have umpired a few times.
That girl works it low inside and outside.
You'll see it on TV I'm sure. She is already virtually unhittable and its pretty rare to even see a hit. If I gave her that low inside by having a loose zone, that doesnt mean you suddenly have batter that can hit, it just means shes going to pitch in that unhittable super low inside spot all day.
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I wasn't referring to calling the rulebook defined strike zone, I was referring to the umpires that force a pitcher to put the majority or entire ball over the plate.
However, if a team rather strike out and bicth (sp intentional) instead of starting to swing at the pitches you are calling strikes, the bench is just where they belong. "Whining" in not part of "playing the game."