Is catching a called strike too much to ask?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

In my experience, at the NCAA level most dropped strikes either crossed up the catcher or are difficult pitches to secure regardless of their location. Those that catch the zone clearly I call strikes. Those that "might have" if I had the opporutnity of a better look at the end, are balls.

Yep. Another, and perhaps better, way of saying what I meant.