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[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Uhhhh, Steve, Garth...I think you were supposed to be mean to him, weren't you? Is that not the policy?

You are absolutely jwwasburn!

Hey FutureUmp, what are you doing arguing balls & strikes? The PU called a ball so leave it at that! If you lost the game, it's because your team didn't get enough runs and that's not the PU's fault!

How's that jww?

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

You are absolutely jwwasburn!

Hey FutureUmp, what are you doing arguing balls & strikes? The PU called a ball so leave it at that! If you lost the game, it's because your team didn't get enough runs and that's not the PU's fault!

How's that jww?

That's better!

[johnnyg08]

make sure you make the call firmly and sternly...because more than likely the offense will argue...especially if you call strike 3...make sure you stand by your call and "sell it".

[FutureUmp]

Although I am sure it was said in jest, I wasn't arguing balls and strikes (never would) but rather the correct call itself, I didn't want the batter to be able to lean into a strike and get away with strike three.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by FutureUmp

Although I am sure it was said in jest, I wasn't arguing balls and strikes (never would) but rather the correct call itself, I didn't want the batter to be able to lean into a strike and get away with strike three.

Well, if there are two strikes on him and he leans into a strike, he will get strike three. Why don't you want him to get strike three?

[Saltydog]

FutureUMP,

From 'the book' (OBR), Section 2 - Definition of Terms

"A STRIKE is a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which-
(f) Touches the batter in flight in the strike zone"

SD