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Old Sat Jan 11, 2003, 07:30am
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Originally posted by Elaine "Lady Blue"
In reference to Mike, I did call a lot of strikes in SP, especially Men's, and I did remain upright until the pitch reached the top of the arc, went to my plate set position, made the verbal call, and came upright. I still say that Men's SP has a bunch of guys that 'wait on THEIR pitch' and continue to have 3-2 counts and then walk! The only time that this doesn't happen is in the upper levels of Men's SP. It ALWAYS happens in league, church, etc.

Elaine

Let them wait. They'll be waiting on the bench for their next at bat

And, of course, you know I was referring to umpires who stand erect through the pitch.
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