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					Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
					
				 So then why are we even there?  I think that's terrible.
 The last league I called in that used a mat also had a provision that roughly stated "if the pitch did not hit the mat, a strike may still be called if the umpire judges it to be a legal ASA strike."
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 I second your comment.  I worked a Deaf national tournament where they used the mat.  I felt like I wasn't working at all, felt cheapened.  It was a NATIONAL tournament!