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Rec All-Star is biggggg in southern California.
Wow ... that’s like 5Gs big!
For some reason I am thinking of that Ozzie Osbourne commercial for Best Buy ...
Rec All-Star is biggggg in southern California.
I was trying to be diplomatic..That’s not a ball ... that’s a trip to the showers.
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This is a hotly debated topic amongst umpires ... or I just get hot debating it because it drives me up a proverbial wall.
There is a school of thought that is actually taught in clinics, camps, and umpire schools that the catcher should “handle” the pitch in order to get a strike call. That school teaches that you, the umpire, look bad if you call a strike that bounces, eludes the cacher, etc
Personally, I do NOT agree with this at all. A strike is clearly defined ... it may not always be clearly seen, but it is clearly defined ... and the catcher’s actions have NOTHING to do with that. Whether those actions are mishandling, missing, or even trying to sell a pitch by moving the glove after the catch ... NONE of that should make any difference.
Back to the question at hand ...
As was mentioned, arguing balls and strikes is a fool’s errand. Nonetheless ...
This is a hotly debated topic amongst umpires ... or I just get hot debating it because it drives me up a proverbial wall.
There is a school of thought that is actually taught in clinics, camps, and umpire schools that the catcher should “handle” the pitch in order to get a strike call. That school teaches that you, the umpire, look bad if you call a strike that bounces, eludes the cacher, etc.
Personally, I do NOT agree with this at all. A strike is clearly defined ... it may not always be clearly seen, but it is clearly defined ... and the catcher’s actions have NOTHING to do with that. Whether those actions are mishandling, missing, or even trying to sell a pitch by moving the glove after the catch ... NONE of that should make any difference.
Blue- How would you handle an ump that is all over the place with his calls? If I’m pitching and not getting legit strike calls my 1st instinct is to approach the ump respectfully and ask where was that? Or where do you want it because I can’t do better than that.Back to the question at hand ...
As was mentioned, arguing balls and strikes is a fool’s errand. Nonetheless ...
This is a hotly debated topic amongst umpires ... or I just get hot debating it because it drives me up a proverbial wall.
There is a school of thought that is actually taught in clinics, camps, and umpire schools that the catcher should “handle” the pitch in order to get a strike call. That school teaches that you, the umpire, look bad if you call a strike that bounces, eludes the cacher, etc.
Personally, I do NOT agree with this at all. A strike is clearly defined ... it may not always be clearly seen, but it is clearly defined ... and the catcher’s actions have NOTHING to do with that. Whether those actions are mishandling, missing, or even trying to sell a pitch by moving the glove after the catch ... NONE of that should make any difference.
Blue- How would you handle an ump that is all over the place with his calls? If I’m pitching and not getting legit strike calls my 1st instinct is to approach the ump respectfully and ask where was that? Or where do you want it because I can’t do better than that.
We had a case in MS ball a 10 inning highly competitive game that the ump was very friendly with the other team and was squeezing our pitcher like crazy. Wasn’t calling strikes high in the zone or low. We actually struck a girl out at least twice in the tenth and he just wouldn’t call strikes strikes.
I understand it’s the pitchers job to adjust to where the ump seems to like it but when the ump is inconsistent or in all honestly just lousy not much course of action to take.
I feel for the umps especially when there is only one working a game. When I see guys wearing blue shirts I expect them to know there stuff and be good and impartial.
Parents umpiring well you know what your getting when that has to happen.
That’s not a ball ... that’s a trip to the showers.