Out or Not

[Dakota]

Assume the 3rd strike just caught the outside edge.

Suppose your situation was in a 10U game - unlikely that the batter made a different decision on the pitch because she had one more strike to give. Batter out.

Suppose your situation was in a 18U tournament finals with a skilled batter up. Here it is possible, likely even, that the batter passed up on this one hoping the next pitch would be more to her liking. Tough umpire judgment call here - I can see applying 10-6-C and taking the heat from the defense.

(YIPPEE! This post was the 1000th post on "our" softball board! Hey, eUmpire, what is my prize??? )

[Edited by Dakota on May 3rd, 2001 at 09:47 AM]