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Originally posted by Dakota
 This "no advantage" no-call drives me nuts. If her mechanic was illegal, you made the right call. "Advantage" isn't supposed to enter in.
However, if you watched the college Div 1 championships, there were enough illegal pitches to provide film for film for all the umpire training clinics you could ever want.
ASA, NCAA, etc., need to either re-write the pitching mechanics to legalize what is defacto accepted practice, or crack down on umpires, pitching coaches, etc., to call what is in the book.
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Thanks for the image.
My responses are ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY and I prefer the latter solution!
My question is
why are we all so hesitant to call illegal pitches? Some concerns I have about calling illegal pitches are:
1) inconsistency with other umpires
2) the "disrupting the game" reaction which I believe hurts my ratings
3) the coach who charged at me when his daughter was out at the plate after I called several illegal pitches by her
4) the HS coach who was buddies with several inner-circle umpires, didn't like me in slow pitch and weakened my reputation after I called
one illegal pitch by the pitcher he coached (starting with my "partner")
5) the effect of #1 on my confidence
6) the endless inconsistency in discussions of what is illegal, including this forum, especially non-plate pushing off.
In spite of all that, it seems I call more illegal pitches than average, usually followed by the pitcher adjusting.