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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
This zone tonight is the worst I've seen all year, and there have been some awful ones. Welke missed five calls in the first inning, and every one of them benefited the Dbags.
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Yeah, Flaherty was out of that inning. That was a clear strike. They want to speed up the game, get more offense in the game, you don't have to change anything, just call the strike zone according to the rule book. Armpits to the top of the knees.
Another new wrinkle I've seen with runners on base is that Yadi sets up outside but the pitch is really going inside or vice versa. It's clearly a strike but because he has to reach for it on the opposite side of the plate, the umpire doesn't give them the strike because traditionally if the pitcher misses location that bad, the umpire doesn't give them the strike.
I saw an interview with Yadi that at the start of every series with a new umpire crew he tells them this happens as a plan. To tell the other members of the crew.