In the first James Madison v. Michigan game, the umpire was consistently giving the pitcher the low outside corner.
It was a close pitch....a different ump perhaps would have called it a ball. But, this umpire was calling it a strike.
Michigan's Lexi Blair (the #3 batter) struck out 3 times during the game. (She had struck out 5 times during the entire season.) Blair could literally not reach the pitch. She tried a couple of times, and she was "waiving" the bat at teh ball.
The question: Why didn't the batter move to a position where she could hit the pitch? Why didn't the coach tell her to make an adjustment?
It was a close pitch....a different ump perhaps would have called it a ball. But, this umpire was calling it a strike.
Michigan's Lexi Blair (the #3 batter) struck out 3 times during the game. (She had struck out 5 times during the entire season.) Blair could literally not reach the pitch. She tried a couple of times, and she was "waiving" the bat at teh ball.
The question: Why didn't the batter move to a position where she could hit the pitch? Why didn't the coach tell her to make an adjustment?