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Old Fri Apr 30, 2010, 12:26pm
David B David B is offline
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
Call the strike. That said, if you "can't decide" whether the pitch was a strike, how the catcher handles it (or not) can help you decide.
To me, that is the key point, and a very good observation. Often, the way F2 catches the marginal pitch is what causes him to drop it and thus often, it makes it easier for the umpire to call the pitch a ball.

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David
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