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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Very interesting point, I always thought that the black was part of the 17 inches that was homeplate. If I ever get to higher levels of baseball, I will better be able to live with myself after not calling a strike that is off the black by an inch or so.
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And that is what we are saying, that calling pitches an inch or so off the black strikes is the accepted practice, as we want the batters up there to hit, not walk. If you call "ball" on pitches that are just off the black, you are going to be in for a long game, especially at lower levels. Even the MLB guys give better corners than that. Before QuesTec and PitchTrax, they would give the pitcher even bigger corners. Strikes. . .that's where it's at!