Wed Jul 18, 2007, 12:03am
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In Time Out
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In a hut
Posts: 911
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Originally Posted by jkumpire
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IMO,
Just from watching him and other balloon guys, I think they have a little harder time being consistent on the low pitch, and the outside low pitch in particular.
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I can see that issue especially if the balloon rides out from your body.
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I think there are ways people try to adjust to compensate for that, but when you are working over the head or shoulder of a catcher, unless he is very, very good at framing pitches, getting a look at low strikes is harder to do than working the slot w/ an inside protector. And with other people I have seen, not my partner, their adjustments make their zone worse instead of better.
But, hey, don't get me wrong, my friend is a pretty consistent umpire, and a good friend. I trust his zone a lot more than other people I know.
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I have seen some great PU zones behind those balloons, like to think I had one, probably didn't. 
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