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Old Fri Apr 18, 2008, 07:48am
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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
To be clear, are you saying you have no problem wringing up a male SP player, but are against the same for a female SP player?
*cringe* I'm actually going to side a little with pianoman here (and bear with me, I can only see what John quoted). Please, please forgive me, o' Lord.

I personally think it depends on the level of play. If it's more of a recreational league, that level of intensity strikes me as a little out of place. They're just there to have fun, and calls don't always need to be sold. Just call the strike or call the runner out, and let it be that. Most "fun" leagues are perfectly okay with that, and the simple calls are more appropriate to the environment. In higher levels of competition, selling your call is more appropriate, and is almost expected in a bang-bang play (or a called corner strike 3).

Last night, I called 2 women's games that were in the same league, same level. The first game, it was two teams that were clearly there just for recreation and fun. I never sold a call, and everyone had a good time. The second game was between two higher-level teams (a few travel team players were on both teams). I sold the few close calls there were, and everyone was fine with it - almost as though they expected it.

It's a question of intensity, and how it relates to the environment you're in. If your level of intensity doesn't match the environment, you'll stick out like a sore thumb, change the dynamic of the game, and you'll not be very well-received on the field.
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