ballcoach15 wrote:I have probably seen more D1 softball games than anyone on this board. There are some bad ball and strike umpires out there. I have seen them.
When umpire squeezes the strike zone it forces more groove pitches, and batters tee off on pitcher.
Maybe, but I covered softball for The Champion in my time at Liberty. If we were winning, the opposing crowd blamed the umps (notably Birmingham-Southern). Umpires do not win or the lose, its the ability of the team to rise above "bad calls," or injuries, or to just play the game and execute the game plan.
FWIW, Longwood has always had a decent softball team, and that area of Virginia does produce some good baseball/softball talent.
4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right