Gray Area Strikes

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

An adult league catcher argued with me while he was at bat about a 3-0 pitch that was in the "gray area" and I of course called it a strike. He started biatchin' about how it was a ball, and I told him "I'm not a ball umpire, I'm a strike umpire...nobody walks but the mailman, Hoss." He didn't like the next pitch I called either. Tough. I'd rather deal with that than to hear that my zone is the size of a shoebox and have my games last 4 hours. I usually averaged 1:25 to 1:45 in decently pitched games. Swingee the batee!



Easier for who, you, or the hundreds of people you're pissing off?

I never said I was a "ball" umpire. I said that ball umpires tend to take less heat over balls and strikes than "strikes" umpires do.

1:25 to 1:45 for how many innings? That seems really fast (7 innings normally takes 2 hours for me), but maybe these were some good adult leagues.