"What's your strike zone?"

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Originally posted by greymule
Why not be honest?

"It depends on the overall quality of the pitching and hitting, the score, the count, the outs, how far the game has progressed, my mood at the time of the pitch, and whether the pitch involves anyone who has been mouthing off."

Because of the exact reason that EMD had in his post. But I can go one better, I had the pleasure of doing the field in a game that the PU did this. During the plate meeting, and I quote; "..., I want your guys swinging, strikes will be shoulders to the knees, and a couple of ball widths of each side of the plate."

I almost choked, we then preceded to play a very looooooooong game because he actually didn't call anywhere near a big of a strike zone as he indicated.

The rats get enough material to argue about on their own, why should I give them more to work with?