re: Arkansas 9 @ LSU 3 Final

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Did that pitcher even come set

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It was close

By the downvotes on my previous post about Neal, you guys don't want to hear this. But, I'll inform you anyways. This strike zone discrepancy is in part to Arkansas having a junior catcher who properly frames pitches versus Neal looking like a freshman.

For example: on inside pitches, you've got to catch the ball with the webbing of your mitt and leave the remainder of your glove over the plate. On inside pitches, you do the opposite. You catch the ball more in the palm and leave the fingers of your mitt hanging over the strike zone.

Rowland (Arkansas' catcher) is doing that, Neal is not. Rowland is also not aggressively moving his mitt into the strike zone and overcompensating for pitches just out of the zone. Neal is moving his glove way too much after pitches. It is a tell that even the catcher thinks its a ball.