Re: _Eric Gregg's strike zone_, Ed Grinnell wrote to Terry May on 15 Oct 97:
 EG> If they call the strike zone as written, there's plenty there for the
 EG> pitcher.
If they called proper balls and strikes, it would lead to more strikeouts, 
more home runs and shorter games.  Just about everything baseball should 
nt!
 EG> I can't believe how much the zone shrinks for some umps so that pitches
 EG> above the belly button are called balls (What was maddening last night
 EG> was seeing a pitch 3 inches off the plate get called for a strike and
 EG> then another one that was right down the pipe but just above the belt
 EG> get called a ball).
You noticed that too, huh?  After Gregg's travesty the night before, I 
figured last night's umpire(s) would be careful to call a better game, but it 
was yet another horrible night behind the plate.  There was absolutely no 
consistancy from pitch to pitch. 
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