Which pitches are strikes?

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

I'm with Bob on this one. We don't have all the info.

And if a hitter wants to crowd the plate that much, he should be putting at least those first two pitches into left field all day long. The last one appears pretty well off the plate, but I can't call the first two gross misses.

Don, that is what the COACH should be saying-not the umpire. The umpire should be calling the pitches correctly.

I tell my 9 and 10 year olds to forget about the umpires and swing at the first pretty good pitch. We have had two balls that hit batters in the foot called strikes and three that hit home plate.