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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Hell no. I like the gamesmanship of catchers framing pitches. And I like the uncertainty of borderline pitches being called strikes because it forces hitters to attack.
I also like that it rewards teams that do their homework. I read that Roger Clemens used to keep a detailed notebook of umpire tendencies and study the living shit out of it.
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So you like when umps squeeze pitchers they don't like and expand the strike zone for the popular pitchers.
An ump can practically decide a game when they do that.
The squeezed pitcher has to basically throw gopher balls while the expanded zone pitcher can force hitters to swing at crap.