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Dakota Sat May 16, 2009 05:23pm
Yet another mouldering thread that has been dug up...

DeputyUICHousto Sat May 16, 2009 08:25pm
I've always used the front elbow...
 
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 285225)
I hate this descriptive term, basically because it is an inaccurate measure and too many take the term literally.

What if a team has no letters on the front of their jersey?

What if the name on the front of a jersey is angled? Are we talking the first letter or the last? The highest or lowest?

As a boxer wears his/her trunks high, what if a team wears their name low across their stomach?

Am I starting to get absurd? Yep, just about there. Unfortunately, you still have people citing "the letters" as a strike zone boundary and it just isn't so.

Sorry, one of my pet peeves :)
This is typically where the "letters" will be. So, if there are no letters then you're still in the right place.

IRISHMAFIA Sat May 16, 2009 08:40pm
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Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto (Post 602665)
This is typically where the "letters" will be. So, if there are no letters then you're still in the right place.
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Blackie Sun May 24, 2009 03:33pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 602625)
Believe that if you please, but every softball organization with which I am involved says that it is.

And before you start arguing, this is from the 2009 ASA UIC Clinic guide:

Home Plate:
a) If a pitch crosses over the black portion of the plate, it is assumed the pitch crossed over the white portion.
b) If the catcher is touching the black portion of the plate on a force out, it is considered to be also touching the
white portion.
c) If a runner touches the black portion of the plate, it is considered they also touched the white portion.
d) (Slow Pitch) If the ball touches the black portion of the plate, it is considered to have also touched the white
portion.

Does this mean that a Home Plate without the black portion has a narrower strike zone?

umpirebob71 Sun May 24, 2009 04:08pm
Only if you're pitching.


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