[oatmealqueen]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by whiskers_ump
[B]Two good 5A level teams playing NFHS tournament. I am PU.
Team A's pitcher has probably thrown three actual strikes in
five innings. She is throwing outside and not even close to what
an umpire could call a strike. She has at least 7 K's, and all
the other outs are ground balls to F3 & F4. Team B"s
batters are reaching for the pitches and making weak contact.
One was even called out for making contact while on the plate. Team B's
coach comes up and is making some changes. She asked me
if the pitches being thrown by team A's pitcher are actually strikes?
Did not want to tell her what was happening, so just said, "Must
be coach, your team is hitless?" Well, she now has them taking pitches.



JMHO, but I don't think that I would have answered a question like that.
Better answer would have been "Coach, I have no comment" or no verbal at all.