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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 09:15am
mbyron mbyron is offline
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Originally Posted by dash_riprock View Post
you are correct. Do not let the quick pitch happen. If the pitcher starts his delivery when the batter is not looking at him, call time, and be loud about it. Bark at the pitcher: "wait 'til he's looking at you!"

you can't call a quick pitch (because the pitch wasn't delivered), but you can prevent a situation where the pitcher throws a pitch when the batter isn't looking, only to have him look up just in time to see a fastball 6" from his face with no time to react.
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