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Originally Posted by Andy
I would like some thoughts and opinions on this situation:
... If the batter comes into the box with her hand up and the umpire responds by holding his hand up to the pitcher, the ball will be on it's way as soon as the hand is dropped. ...
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I sure don't want to discourage a pitcher from working fast -- but I had one like Andy's earlier this year. I sent the catcher out with a message that if the Blue doesn't have time to comfortably get in position, the strike zone tends to get smaller. No problem after that.