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I agree with you Mike. When I did slowpitch, we had the 1 hour 15 minute rule. I've never had to call a game for time. Players know that I'm not going to sit there and let them take pitches all day.
Remember the plate is a foot wide, about an inch of black on each side, and the ball is about 4 inches wide, that gives you almost 18" of plate to work with, and I usually give a little more.
I once booted a guy in class "A" ball for arguing balls and strikes, he told me that there was a drop zone behind home plate that the ball had to hit to be a strike. I tossed him, gave him a rule book and told him he could come back in if he showed me anywhere in the book that said the ball had to land in a certain area to be a strike. He sat the whole game.
If guys want to walk, tell 'em to play fast-pitch. Slow-pitch is a hitters game, swing the damn bat.
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