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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
...While game management skills can keep these from being in conflict, not everyone displays those skills....
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This is the crux, IMO. I have few problems keeping the batters from lollygagging and keeping the batter/pitcher mind games to a minimum, but I agree not all exhibit these skills.
For one thing, I consider slow-to-get-ready batters to be a team characteristic, and not an individual batter (or worse, at-bat) characteristic. What I mean by that is once a batter for a team has earned the warning to get ready, they are all on a short leash for lollygagging.
Maybe from a bigger picture perspective it is needed, but for me, it is unnecessary.