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Old Mon Aug 27, 2012, 06:48am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Steve M View Post
Since when is point of plate a calling position? Or is that an accepted/appropriate position in baseball?
As far as I know, it's the accepted start point, but the umpire should then shift one way or the other to obtain the correct angle.
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