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[Dakota]

Yet another mouldering thread that has been dug up...

[DeputyUICHousto]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

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]

Originally Posted by DeputyUICHousto

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]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

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]

Only if you're pitching.