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Before every softball game I umpire I tell the coaches to tell the players to keep one foot in the box as we want the game to move along at a nice pace. Some players like to step out after every pitch and if every player did that it would take 3 hours to play a 7 inning game when it should take about half that time. I haven't done it yet but I worked a game where the home plate ump was fed up with the delays and motioned the pitcher to pitch, she didn't throw the pitch because she must have been confused and he called a ball. He told the pitcher that when he signals to pitch that she is to pitch. If she had thrown a pitch, anywhere, it would have been called a strike.
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