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Message: [QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 4649594, member: 474"] I think if you looked at the real stats the MLB umps are real good at calling balls and strikes. if you watch the over head views we are on average talking about misses on a call of an inch or 2 from 3-4 ft away on a ball going 95 and often moving 10-15 inches with a guy moving right in your face and a hitter doing all sorts of things. I never had to deal with kids throwing more than mid 80s at best and most HS kids arent even hitting 80. I just never saw the catch as part of the equation.. I know I have talked with MLB/AAA umps and they said they same thing.. Maybe they are all just BS,. I dont know. The part that confuses me on calls is when the pitch is a backdoor pitch that never reaches the zone at all and its called a strike. the ones that start and cut across the zone is much harder. [/QUOTE]