slow pitch strike zone

[FUBLUE]

I used to work a rec league that used the mat...it takes away corners and judgment from umpiring.

I also liked the fact that a pitch which hit the mat next to the back point of the plate was a strike, but one that hit the plate (same plane in relationship to the plate) was a ball.

Didn't make a lot of sense to me then, still doesn't.

A mat that is 25 inches wide would be really nice, wouldn't it?

WOrked SP this weekend and had several players "wince" at the lower arching pitch that hit towards the back of the batters box (but still crossed the plate) being a strike, but they never complained about any height pitch that hit right behind the plate being a strike.

What's up with that?

Had teams from the winners bracket (both teams in the WBF game) and three or four of the 9 teams left in the losers bracket after Saturday ask me if I had their games on Sunday because they liked my zone.

I didn't, because I volunteered to not work Sunday, instead opting to give others more games...I was an emergency fill in.