[chapmaja]

I had this today. Second game of a DH, I was the PU.

During the first inning, the visiting pitcher was getting a lot of pitches called balls that the dugout through should be strikes. Prior to the bottom of the second inning, the coach comes out and asks me to show her what the strike zone is because the pitches appear good from her angle.

How do you handle this. She is not arguing balls and strikes, but is questioning my judgment by asking me to show her the strike zone I am using.

What I did was explain to the coach that pitches were good height wise, but a lot of them were inside the batters box. I can't call a pitch that far inside a strike unless it is swung and missed. She told the pitcher to move over about 6 inches on the pitchers plate.

I didn't work, they were down 5-0 at the starting of the half inning, and it was 21-0 at the end of the half inning, this included a pitching change due to an injury to the pitcher that was acting up (line drive off the lower leg from game 1).