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by shockcoach » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:39 am

AlwaysImprove wrote:A lot of umps give pitchers quite a bit of room to work on the outside of the plate. Where room on the inside corner seems sparing.


I want your umpires. The one's here don't seem to want to call the outside so I have the girls come inside to get called strikes. It's quite nerve racking.
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by jarhedz » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:53 am

My DD plays 14U travel her favorite pitch is one that is called strike 3! LOL! Back at 12U her changeup was pretty good but now I have to get her to do a better job of selling it because good hitters are quick to figure out what pitch she is throwing.

Shockcoach-your umpires won't call outside, I can't hardly find any that will call a waist high fastball down the middle of the plate a strike. Isn't the stikezone knees-armpits? All kinds of umps will call the really low fastball strike, but not the higher ones. Gets frustrating sometimes!
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by DonnieS » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:04 am

jarhedz wrote:My DD plays 14U travel her favorite pitch is one that is called strike 3! LOL! Back at 12U her changeup was pretty good but now I have to get her to do a better job of selling it because good hitters are quick to figure out what pitch she is throwing.

Shockcoach-your umpires won't call outside, I can't hardly find any that will call a waist high fastball down the middle of the plate a strike. Isn't the stikezone knees-armpits? All kinds of umps will call the really low fastball strike, but not the higher ones. Gets frustrating sometimes!


A local high school team had a big pitcher who could throw in the mid 60's, she could drive nails with her pitches. Her catcher was very good as well, and would move at the last second to the out side - one particular blue would give her a strike, sometimes two balls outside the line. They were damn near unbeatable when they had that blue. Once we separated the blue from that pitcher, it wasnt a problem beating her. The blue is a good one except for that pitcher and that pitch. (kind of like saying - he is really good except when he is bad).
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