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No Mike...I don't think that it is anal at all. That was sort of what I was referring to with my question about a "deep pitch." Heck...we're not traffic cops. If the pitcher can't tell why a pitch is called a ball, then that is their problem. I agree that we all need to stick simply to the appropriate calls and accompanying signals.
When I first started calling slow pitch, oh these many years ago, I often questioned some of these made up signals I saw some of my cohorts using. I was always told to "help the players out, in any way that I could," and that those signals help them. I would always counter with "I signed up to be an umpire, not a coach or a trainer."
Thanks for giving my argument validity.
Scott
[Edited by Skahtboi on Sep 18th, 2002 at 08:26 PM]
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