[quote=canadaump6]
Originally Posted by tcarilli
The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball..
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Ah ha, now this makes more sense. I swing from my crouched stance, so the umpire should be calling based on the way I stand in my stance.
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Has everyone stopped calling you a liar yet?
It's rare but I have had several players who assumed very low head positions and when striding, kept that same vertical position, that is they hit in a crouch. One led an adult league in hitting, he must have been 5"6" standing. His zone was such that curve balls which struck the dirt before caught were often strikes. I got heat from opposing coaches, "not his natural stance" or whatever; what they were actually P.Oed about was his OBP, something like .750, it was absurd, he was a leadoff, of course. Hit with power, very talented, exceptionally fast, maneged the team and they were perennial winners.