Slowpitch Plate Umpire - Stance with a mat

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Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:49am

Andy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by teebob21

(offtopic question from a disgruntled one-time rec player/umpire) In your league, is the plate "part of the mat"?

(on-topic) Also, get in the slot. Every time, trash ball, SP or FP.

In the SP league that I am associated with, if the ball hits the plate or the mat, it is a strike.

Yes...having the mat does make it easier to umpire, it also leads to lazy umpiring for some people.

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