Question for Plate guys

[L.A. Umpire Guy]

I hear the comment after most games: "You were really consistent today, Blue."

And sometimes that comment is made by someone who early in the game said, "You're squeezing us, Blue."

My favorite comment I ever had was from a former pro catcher in the wood bat league: "It was the easiest four at bats I ever had in a game. I was sure what a strike was and what a ball was because your zone never changed all day."

I guess that when I go reaching for a strike (which is rare), I don't know where to stop, so I just don't reach very often. So the only time there's any daylight on a strike I give, it always seems to be a sharp breaking ball that finished right, and it is always an inch or two outside and never inside. It's also always up a little above the knee or better. If it's on the corner, I don't care how it's caught, but if it's an inch or two off, then it has to be caught right. I just feel like a pitch ever-so-slightly off the outside corner is very hittable, but the one off the inside is a foul ball off the foot. I'm a hitting guy and a pitching guy, but I'm more of a hitting guy.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Poosey

I find two balls wide (one a strike by the book, the second not) about 1/2 ball too much, ymmv.

Fine. But the thread / my posts were about symmetry, not absolute width.