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I would but I buy all my boxers at garage sales!Yeah..some of us don’t buy our boxers from the Official Undergarment Store of the SEC ?
I would but I buy all my boxers at garage sales!Yeah..some of us don’t buy our boxers from the Official Undergarment Store of the SEC ?
I would but I buy all my boxers at garage sales!
My 11 year old DD got an Ump yesterday that had a roving, random strike zone. She wasn’t given the corners or even the center of the plate. Tough to pitch to the ump’s strike zone when there isn’t one. ?
My 11 year old DD got an Ump yesterday that had a roving, random strike zone. She wasn’t given the corners or even the center of the plate. Tough to pitch to the ump’s strike zone when there isn’t one. ?
Ok pitchers parent! Enjoy ?The coach was told it was the ump’s 1st tourney by the other ump. Given the cost of the tourney, that shouldn’t have been the case.
He seemed to make his calls on the batter’s reaction, not where the ball was actually thrown. No consistency one pitch to the next for either team, just complete randomness. Could throw the ball the same exact place twice and get different calls. If a batter was fooled by the pitch, it was almost always getting called a ball.
It wasn’t the lesson she needed that day having been sick in bed the prior 3 days and at well less than 100%. Battling through feeling like 70% was supposed to be the lesson....
This is more in line with what I (believe) that I've seen at the DIII games I've attended personally and watched on video. It has mostly seemed smaller than the DI and DII games I've watched (not live) this year. The zone has also at times been too "fluid" and at times seemed to be called at the glove not over the plate.I am the opposite to you - still seeing way too many "I am calling college, strike zone is going to be smaller" umpires - hate that. They have been telling the umpires for several years to stop doing that, but some people are just stubborn and as long as they continue to get games they are not going to change.
I am glad you call that curve ball that hits the outside corner! The best umpires can truly visualize the three dimensional nature of the strike zone.Yep, you crazy.
Seen a lot of games, called quite a few. No D1, but some D2
A lot of the same people calling the same zones they always do.
Good curve ball strike on the outside edge will be caught in opposite batter box by the catcher. That's a strike. They WANT us to call that.
If you are in the crowd, it doesn't matter where you are, you don't have the view the umpire has - even if you regularly umpire.
If you are watching on TV, you absolutely can't tell - the angles are so deceiving.
I am the opposite to you - still seeing way too many "I am calling college, strike zone is going to be smaller" umpires - hate that. They have been telling the umpires for several years to stop doing that, but some people are just stubborn and as long as they continue to get games they are not going to change.