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Originally Posted by dash_riprock
And it's always great fun to ring up a strike on a batter falling away from the plate.
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Ain't that the dang truth!!
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Originally Posted by Rufus
Thank you all for the clarification. I do believe in pitching inside and will try and have the boys work on that. My greatest concern with all this is if the batter is leaning over the plate and gets hit, that he'll be awarded 1st on a hit by pitch. Guess I need to get over that.
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Well, over the plate doesn't = in the strike zone. The zone does not go from nose to toes over the plate, not in 12yo U-trip anyway. He can get hit in the shoulder, over the plate and still get the base (provided he made an "effort" to move) - and the umpire made the right call.