Consistent strike zone

[nickrego]

Originally Posted by DG

Knee high pitches are strikes. Pitches that come in just below the knee, in the hollow beneath the knee cap are strikes. Call the bottom of the zone as it should be called. Any pitch that comes in low and the catcher jerks his glove, or catches underhand, or has difficulty catching is a ball. The catcher's method of catching each pitch is an indicator to reinforce what you saw.

DG, couldn't agree with you more !

Here is what I tell umpires who have trouble calling low pitches to do.

Watch Baseball Tonight. Instead of looking at how many low pitches are called strikes, look at how many low pitches are hit cleanly, and usually for extra bases.

The main reason umpires have trouble calling low strikes, is they don't think they are hittable. It usually only takes watching one show for the light bulb to go on.