Natural Stance

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by cbfoulds

If your "crouch" is such that pitches at the level of your head can be plausibly called strikes "because of it" [the "crouch"], then it sure as he!! isn't A "natural stance", however "natural" it may feel to you.

When I have a batter that assumes an exagerated "crouch" at the plate, I am forced to improvise the top end of my strike zone. I am likely to choose what I THINK a batter of the same aproximate size might be expected to swing at standing "normally".

When umpires begin to determine how a batter should position vertically in the box, they are entering an area that they do not belong. What's the big deal? When I question why umpires take such hard-minded approaches, it is usually because they can't get low enough to remain protected by F2. Tuff titties.

And, BTW, it's a judgment call, so STFU and swing the bat.

Nice. Eloquently ended. Punctuates your argument exactly.