When using the "extender", there is no strike zone, per se. That's the reason for the extender. If I'm not mistaken, the extender is the "brainchild" of the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation (SCMAF). I never saw the extender used until I moved to So Cal.
"As an umpire that is my biggest pet peeve. I cannot stand umps that call pitches by where they land and not where they cross." Sorry, dude, but that's the way the game is played. As long as the pitch meets height requirements, and hits the plate or extender, it's a strike. If you have a problem with that, as you profess to, don't work those leagues.
Bob
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