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OK, a little late to the show here, but I'm just digging through looking at situations so what the hey. I've got the CI as do many others, UNLESS, there is some distinct form of intent that I can discern from the batter trying to draw the call, and in so doing stepping out of the box. Now mechanically I have always found that even with marginal or very poor lines a Batter who meets all the criteria of being out of the box is usually a BIG BOLD OOPS CAN'T MISS IT call. Not to mention that it's one of those calls that you really need to be sold on before opening the can that will start that sh**storm.

Woo Hoo, GO Stan! Now that sounds like a great game, I'll trade you some weather for that one any day!

Yikes, SNOW, now that is brutal! My first HS DH was Feb. 15 and we're moving past the half way point now. Post Season Recommendations right around the corner. Hang in there Stan, mother Nature will cooperate soon enough, and we'll be complaining (I will be anyway!) about the 95 degree heat!

I found this post on "NEW Sitch- very debatable" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Post Of The Month March, 2009"

If you see it, call it, of course that's assuming you caught it! And yes I'm just as guilty as everyone else of gettin fooled again (there's a lyric in there somewhere), however at the start of last years HS season I had some fun. JV Coach is a super guy, and works hard with his kids in all aspects of the game, but takes pride in his pitchers especially. We've had the discussion a few times about how some schools in the area want a prohibition on calling balks for a short period of time, and of course he isn't in favor of it, so we have conversed and I know from past experience he's watching, not to mention I don't see the point in not calling it and further muddying the waters for my little brain. Nice warm spring day, and the opposing starter has run out of gas, up comes the reliever (I forgot to mention, that my partner was a NO Show, so I'm flying Solo), he's now going to pitch to the JV equivilant of Greg Luzinski (and I do mean BIG). First pitch..........BALK!!!!! I pronouce, as the ball sails around 400 ft. over Left Center..........Fortunately the kid got to park another one later in the game, but I got a whole bunch of smiles and laughs from the coach, for doing nothing more than what I'm supposed to do...........