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Originally posted by mick
Have you ever been 'Stuck' in a place and totally unable to escape? It felt really weird.
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Yes, I have. It sucks. You want to kick yourself.
The count was full. Pitch comes in that was absolutely a perfect strike but it was probably 10 miles an hour faster than anything else he had thrown... or something. It was completely different than the rest of the game... to that point.
BALL! Batter takes his base. I'm cussin' to myself. How did I miss that pitch? No reaction from the catcher or pitcher they just move on to the next batter.
Couple of innings later - similar situation. I'm thinkin' there it was again; that was a great pitch and at the proper place in the count... Wait a minute... I already called BALL!
This time I'm really pissed. I appologize to the catcher and say "That's twice I've missed that pitch." No offense taken - the defense moves on.
Probably in the sixth inning. Similar situation presents itself again. I'm getting sharper though; this time I recognize the situation and am expecting the pitch. Here it comes, just as I expected... beautiful...
BALL! Oooh my God. What the heck am I doing out here?
Besides those three pitches, the rest of the game I felt good about, but those three pitches - those perfect strikes, absolutely threw me for a loop. I don't know what it was about them but there was something that messed up my timing. I couldn't slow down enough to get in-sync with the speed of the pitch... or something.
This was several years ago but to this day it still bothers me to remember it. Get over it Brown and move on ... just like the defense did.
I thought the pitches were great strikes but never heard a peep out of the players or the coaches for my BALL calls. Perhaps that's a good sign of being respected... of course a few more hosed up calls and perhaps my respect would disappear just like my consistentcy.