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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 12:07pm
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First Game of the Year: Brutal.
JV, one man.

Visitors 26, Home 0. From my game report in Arbiter: "The (home team) pitcher's lack of velocity was only exceeded by her lack of control".

Still got 'er done in just under an hour and a half, and waived goodbye the the guys working the varsity game on the adjacent field.
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 12:50pm
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JV, one man.

Visitors 26, Home 0. From my game report in Arbiter: "The (home team) pitcher's lack of velocity was only exceeded by her lack of control".

Still got 'er done in just under an hour and a half, and waived goodbye the the guys working the varsity game on the adjacent field.
You must not have called enough strikes on the visiting team
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 01:25pm
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You must not have called enough strikes on the visiting team
You're probably right...but the visitors HIT the strikes. Everything else was either in the dirt or hitting the screen on the fly.
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 02:51pm
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hitting the screen on the fly.
Well, that means it was still airborne passing the plate area, right? Close enough! STRIKE!
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 03:30pm
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Well, that means it was still airborne passing the plate area, right? Close enough! STRIKE!
Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 03:43pm
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Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.
Had he extended his zone from county line to county line, he could have banged them for a strike.
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 04:05pm
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Maybe he meant the screen in front of the dugouts.
Your point?
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Old Fri Feb 27, 2009, 10:19am
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You're probably right...but the visitors HIT the strikes. Everything else was either in the dirt or hitting the screen on the fly.
Since you're located in the great state of California, I recommend using the California strike zone in these games......






If the pitch is in California, it's a strike!
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Old Fri Feb 27, 2009, 02:47pm
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My first games of the season are today - Community College double header. I'm a little nervous because:

(a) I haven't seen a pitch since October,
(b) I've been training new umps on ASA/NFHS rules and mechanics, and haven't had the time to study the NCAA stuff this year,
(c) I have the plate in the 2nd game - the one typically with the 2nd string F1 throwing bricks at a backstop.
(d) weather.com shows the temp to be about 41F at gametime.

I'm sure I'll be fine. Details to follow...
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Old Fri Feb 27, 2009, 03:57pm
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41f..... *shudder*
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 05:28pm
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JV, one man.

Visitors 26, Home 0. From my game report in Arbiter: "The (home team) pitcher's lack of velocity was only exceeded by her lack of control".

Still got 'er done in just under an hour and a half, and waived goodbye the the guys working the varsity game on the adjacent field.
Thank you for covering this one for us !!
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 05:57pm
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Thank you for covering this one for us !!
Yeah, now all we need is one of our guys to get the 64-0 game out of the way.
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Old Thu Feb 26, 2009, 10:37pm
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Yeah, now all we need is one of our guys to get the 64-0 game out of the way.
Being the team player that I am......I would like to volunteer Wade.
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Old Fri Feb 27, 2009, 04:34pm
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Yeah, now all we need is one of our guys to get the 64-0 game out of the way.
Just wait for my first COED rec slowpitch game this spring where the team with nothing for players wins the toss and elects to be home against a team full of ex-college athletes. It'll take the full hour, and we won't even get the 3rd inning in.
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