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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 08:14pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve View Post
Absolutely correct. The ball starts out as a strike until it does something to change that. I was taught to look at it this way, and it has served me well. Now, if the baseball does anything to change this, I have no problem calling it a ball.
As a younger umpire, this is what I've been told by veterans. It's a strike until it's not. Get the borderline pitches as strikes.
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