@JohnF posted:If a true zone was called there'd be a whole lot more walks and who would want to watch that... Get over it, if you don't like it, don't watch and quit yer complaining unless you want to try it yourself
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I will assume you are talking to me. I stated very clearly I did not watch it anymore. But to your other comment, I have called multiple state tournaments and 2 Southeast Regionals and was invited to LLWS, pre-everything is a strike era. I got out of it when I showed up my last year at Southeast Regional and they said we needed to open the strike zone up to about 8-10 inches. I refused to go back and did not open it up that much. I think you give a ball out/in and up/down but never a foot which is where they are at now. If you can't play by the rules, then change the rules mindset is part of the problem in youth baseball today. Make them throw strikes or get somebody on the mound today who can. ESPN has forced LL to move the strike zone for entertainment purposes. The level of play across the board is not where it used to be because so many kids are playing travel ball. LL has a place in youth sports but not on the platform ESPN has given it and to the extent that they are dictating the quality of play.
BTW, I also called D1 college and a stint in Minor League before my boys started playing. Was invited to go up but turned it down. My partner did and is still there. Has had a terrible life off the field but he is still in the show. So I do know a thing or two about umpiring.