What do you have.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by outathm

It better bounce or clank off the backstop to not be a strike.

As an aside, I was told earlier this year that unless there is a real reason, ie. dust in eyes, ball on field, do not call time. Call a strike if the batter takes too long, and a ball if the pitcher does. After initial discussions with the OC, i have not had a problem with batters stepping out in any games.

I wanted to verify that no matter where the pitch was, ball or strike, we call a strike in this situation. However, you implied you'd call it a ball if it hit the backstop. Why? That's not what the rule says. What should we do if the ball is so far outside the zone, everyone knows it's a ball? Do we call a strike and then call time and explain why it's a strike or give a warning? I'd think we would have to do something to explain why we called so obvious a ball a strike. What happens if it goes over the fence? Also, what happens if the pitch hits the batter? What takes precedence, the HBP or the strike for delaying?