John Schneider
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And I'm not talking about the ones that are, all right, you have two late in the game and the ball is going to split the heart of the plate and you're just going to do it just to do it in case there's a computer glitch or something.
You don't want the selfish ones.
If you've got nobody on and one out or two outs and it's an 0-0 pitch or it's a borderline pitch and a 1-0 count, just save it.
Let the game be the game and let the umpires be the umpires.
I think that the zone has gotten smaller.
I think umpires, like everyone, are evaluated and they don't want to
They don't want to be the ones that missed a lot of calls or have that out or get docked, whatever it is.
So I think the zone has changed a little bit, and guys are starting to figure out where it is exactly.
So it's again, I like to think of them as team things.
You know, do you want one in the ninth inning with a one run lead?
Do you want one for Kevin Gosman?
You know, in that example, like for Kev, who's pretty much dotting up where he wants to.
Do you want to use him for him?
So that's it, really.
It's just take the take the clear ones that are that are wrong.
Use it.
But the ones that are borderline in the rights in the wrong spots, let's just hold on to those.
Yeah, I mean, I think if it was like, for one –
I, with George, I'm not looking at results.
I'm looking at how he's swinging and what pitches he's swinging at.