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Old Tue Jul 03, 2007, 12:14am
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Also, as an umpire I sometimes get fooled by the batter ducking when a high strike comes in, thus making it look like the pitch was high when it in fact wasn't. I've missed a few of these, not sure if there is any way I can correct this.
Learn to set your zone before the pitch and to enlarge it when the B ducks. Assume he is trying to squeeze his zone and your enlarging it will signal to him to quit that BS.
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