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Message: [QUOTE="Centerstream, post: 3164949, member: 7951"] One thing that I don't like about the strike zone emphasis that occurred during the Regionals and now in the Supers is that many of the home plate umpires peer over the shoulder of the catcher, the right shoulder when a lefty is batting and vice versa. I don't remember a lot of umpires doing this during SEC games but IMO, they miss a lot of outside close calls and basically look at where the catcher catches the pitch. Last weekend, the catcher set up outside for the pitch at the last moment, the pitch went exactly where planned...right down the chalk and the ump called it a strike. The announcers were speechless. That was just the most obvious of many missed calls so far. [/QUOTE]