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Fri Nov 02, 2007, 01:36pm

Ref Ump Welsch

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Originally Posted by SRW

Every pitch is something. It's a strike. It's a ball. It's a no-pitch. It's something... and the plate umpire should verbalize every pitch as appropriate.

Even the swinging strikes? My UIC here said not to verbalize the swinging strikes, especially in slow-pitch. Rationale: why embarrass them with the fact they swung and missed a slow pitch?

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