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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 07:25am
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Ah, quit your whinning, you looked at three hittable pitches, didn't take the bat off your shoulders once and call yourself a hitter. Sit your butt down.

Actually it was a little outside but, sometimes s**t happens baby.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 07:48am
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Ah, quit your whinning, you looked at three hittable pitches, didn't take the bat off your shoulders once and call yourself a hitter. Sit your butt down.

Actually it was a little outside but, sometimes s**t happens baby.
You're kidding, right?!? Maybe the first, but the second and third pitches, I'd be embarrassed if I was the PU and saw this video of these strike calls.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 08:23am
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Like he said.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 08:51am
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You're kidding, right?!? Maybe the first, but the second and third pitches, I'd be embarrassed if I was the PU and saw this video of these strike calls.
And I would be more embarrased as a hitter. He didn't complain about the pitches until the third one and I agree it was outside but, by then he should of known she was calling the pitch in that area and taken the dang bat off his shoulder. Any batter that allows three borderline pitches to go by and stand there and look like he can't wait to get back on defense, don't deserve to stand there long.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 09:27am
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 09:38am
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First of all, I seldom if ever have anything scheduled immediately following a ballgame. So I don't call those strikes.

Secondly ...
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 09:43am
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First of all, I seldom if ever have anything scheduled immediately following a ballgame. So I don't call those strikes.

Secondly ...
Whether you're willing to admit it or not, Kevin, I'm sure you've had your share of gross misses as well. We all have.................

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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 09:53am
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Whether you're willing to admit it or not, Kevin, I'm sure you've had your share of gross misses as well. We all have.................

Tim.
I have absolutely never called a pitch that far outside a strike. Never.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 09:52am
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And I would be more embarrased as a hitter. He didn't complain about the pitches until the third one and I agree it was outside but, by then he should of known she was calling the pitch in that area and taken the dang bat off his shoulder. Any batter that allows three borderline pitches to go by and stand there and look like he can't wait to get back on defense, don't deserve to stand there long.
You should learn more about batting. And at what point in the game do you advise a batter should "take the bat off his shoulder" on a pitch a foot outside?

Two of those pitches were not "borderline," and their being called a strike is a disgrace to umpiring and as illuminated above, should be an embarrassment to any umpire caught on tape calling it.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 10:26am
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You should learn more about batting. And at what point in the game do you advise a batter should "take the bat off his shoulder" on a pitch a foot outside?

Two of those pitches were not "borderline," and their being called a strike is a disgrace to umpiring and as illuminated above, should be an embarrassment to any umpire caught on tape calling it.
I know from personal experience and coaching experience that one thing for sure, except by accident, I never made contact with a pitch with the bat on my shoulder. Anyone of those pitches could have been taken to the opposite field. Something a good hitter would know. Something a hitter at that level would know. GO WITH THE PITCH and you control your at bat. Don't let the umpire make the decision for you because if I am doing the dish, I will.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 05:10pm
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I know from personal experience and coaching experience that one thing for sure, except by accident, I never made contact with a pitch with the bat on my shoulder. Anyone of those pitches could have been taken to the opposite field. Something a good hitter would know. Something a hitter at that level would know. GO WITH THE PITCH and you control your at bat. Don't let the umpire make the decision for you because if I am doing the dish, I will.
Thank you very much for taking me on a little nostalgic trip.

I'm sorry, but we're not from the same part of the world when it comes to the art of batting. It's a great deal more complex than that.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 05:45pm
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Thank you very much for taking me on a little nostalgic trip.

I'm sorry, but we're not from the same part of the world when it comes to the art of batting. It's a great deal more complex than that.
Yea, yea, yea I forgot, in todays society everyone is a specialist, an expert at "THEIR ART" by the time they are 30. Bored by 40 and burnt out by 50. Don't fool yourself, at 60 I could still out hit a lot of people out there using just the basics. which may just be too complex for you.

Wouldn't need my batting instructor, athletic trainer, physical therapist, phsycologist and agent/lawyer or six pairs of gloves either.

Complex my arse!!!!
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 06:51pm
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I know from personal experience and coaching experience that one thing for sure, except by accident, I never made contact with a pitch with the bat on my shoulder. Anyone of those pitches could have been taken to the opposite field. Something a good hitter would know. Something a hitter at that level would know. GO WITH THE PITCH and you control your at bat. Don't let the umpire make the decision for you because if I am doing the dish, I will.
If you call pitches as bad as pitch numbers 2&3 strikes, then you are an awful umpire.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2009, 06:47pm
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And I would be more embarrased as a hitter. He didn't complain about the pitches until the third one and I agree it was outside but, by then he should of known she was calling the pitch in that area and taken the dang bat off his shoulder. Any batter that allows three borderline pitches to go by and stand there and look like he can't wait to get back on defense, don't deserve to stand there long.

Maybe the batter thought, hmm I guess that was a strike(or he usually takes the first pitch)

Then, wow...that seemed outside.

Then the last one was preposterous.

You are actually blaming a batter for not arguing balls and strikes?

The batter deserved to be 3-0 or at worst 2-1.

That umpire is awful.
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Old Sat Aug 01, 2009, 08:16am
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Maybe the batter thought, hmm I guess that was a strike(or he usually takes the first pitch)

Then, wow...that seemed outside.

Then the last one was preposterous.

You are actually blaming a batter for not arguing balls and strikes?

The batter deserved to be 3-0 or at worst 2-1.

That umpire is awful.
And maybe the umpire was calling those pitches that way the whole game. Your willing to throw the umpire under the bus because of one batter. Well I am backing the umpire and throwing the batter under the bus.

Oh and by the way, just to set the record straight, I am awfully good, thankyou.
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