Bulldog,
When I first started doing HS Varsity games, I would not call a strike that the catcher did not catch.
Then, one time, I thought to myself, "Phuck it, I don't care. That's STILL a strike." And I said as I pointed, instead of just "strike", "That's a STRIKE, anyway!"
Nobody had a problem with it.
After that I saw a video of Jon Bible speaking to an NCAA audience discouraging giving too much weight to the consideration of how the catcher caught the pitch in making your ball/strike decision. Even at the NCAA level. It made sense to me.
On a borderline pitch, the catcher has to catch it (preferably, "well"). On a "cockshot", it's STILL a strike.
JMO.
JM
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