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That's common among umpires starting out...as you progress and see more pitches, it becomes less of "Where is my zone and did that pitch hit it?" and more of "Did that look like a strike?"

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I can concur first hand what Matt says here. I literally can remember thinking "where is my zone and did that hit it" years ago and now I mentally use the "did that look like a strike" burden of proof. There are a lot of things that go into "does it look like a strike", including what the catcher does, if the pitcher hit his spot, etc. At the end of the day calling an exact book zone below college can create a lot of problems with game flow. Giving the pitchers a little off the plate if they hit their spot moves the game along. And as long as you are consistent with it you won't get many complaints. I get far fewer complaints about my zone now than I did when it was smaller and I tried to call it exactly by the book.

There is seldom such a thing as "incidental contact" between a runner (other than the BR) and a fielder. It is almost always either INT or OBS. In this instance, as the contact occurs as a fielder is attempting to field a batted ball, R3 is guilty of runner INT. We leave it live to determine fair/foul: in this instance, it seems to have been a foul ball. The result will depend on whether R3 had scored prior to the INT. If the INT happened first: R3 out, batter returns to the box with a strike added to his count unless he had 2 strikes (treat it as an ordinary foul ball). If R3 scored before the INT: the run counts, and the BR is out for his teammate's INT.

What? No, no, it allows very effective manipulation of the batting order.

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