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Mon Jun 01, 2009, 06:37pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

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I was taught that it is a strike until it is a ball. You want the batters swinging not standing in the batter's box with the bat on their shoulders.

MTD, Sr.

Absolutely correct. The ball starts out as a strike until it does something to change that. I was taught to look at it this way, and it has served me well. Now, if the baseball does anything to change this, I have no problem calling it a ball.

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