[derwil]

Area tournaments are here!!!

Problem I have is that one of the Areas I will be doing on Thursday has a field crew that either a) doesn't know how to draw a batter's box or b) draws it poorly to help the home team. Either way, the home team crowds the plate if you let them to the point that they are literally 2 inches off of it and hanging into the zone. I've called dead ball strikes on the batters for getting hit while in the strike zone but they come right back in. It really suck because you CAN NOT see the ball coming into the plate - gotta watch the catcher's glove or (I really don't like doing this) move to the other side of the catcher - head position only, not stance.

So, if I get to the field on Thursday and see crappy lines drawn, should I ask for them to be redrawn or kill the chalk mark myself or what? This will be my second time there so I learned a little from the first experience and talking to others about it. I will enforce the "6 inches from the plate" box and keep them in it till the ball is thrown. I just want to know what to do with the lines that are drawn on the field.