I've Never Made That Call Before...

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by Dakota

There is also the 1 minute between innings, if teams are dawling... 5 pitches or 1 minute.

We have 3 pitches or 1 minute... To speed the catcher up, or to let the team know that they have to bring in a "bull-pen catcher" when F2 has to put on her gear, sometimes we allow only 1 pitch.
Next innings catcher will hurry or a sub will fill in for her...

To prevent that pitchers take more than the allowed 3 pitches I always brush my plate after the 3th pitch. Now it's clear for everybody that I can and will call a ball for every pitch extra! Sometimes pitchers will have one or two extra and are surprised to see me in between her and F2. they can't help it saying that I'm the one with guts. Stepping in between while they 're pitching...

...But if a pitcher throws a ball at my a$$ while I'm brushing the plate (which has never happed), I know that she's gone! She must know that she'd her 3 pitches and can't pitch anymore until I say so...