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Assuming the catcher's not setting up in a weird spot - in/out is usually pretty easy to see from A, C, or either coaches dugouts. Watch the glove.
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"usually" being the operative word. Coaches also don't ask "usually".
When the catcher is on the corner, and the pitch is "close" you can't really tell. And, yes, sometimes they are asking to make a point. Answering ahead of time can help stop them from doing that. |
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Plenty of times, a catcher sets up 6 inches or more outside (0-2 counts, etc), the pitcher hits the spot, catcher doesn't move the glove at all. From the side, looks like a strike, but still well outside.
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I never implied one should call pitches based on where the catcher was. Not at all. The catcher is irrelevant to my call.
What I said was that in the vast majority of the cases, an umpire in A or C, or a coach near any dugout, can easily see the difference between an inside pitch or an outside pitch based on the movements of the catcher. They are not stupid - they KNOW why it was a ball (with the exception of a pitch near a corner that I mentioned earlier). They are asking so they can be rats - that's all they're doing.
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