Greenmonsters
Wannabe Duck Boat Owner
Can anyone provide history re why and when the PUs began setting up in the slot position. And for those old timers, was it change you welcomed. Just curious.
Can anyone provide history re why and when the PUs began setting up in the slot position. And for those old timers, was it change you welcomed. Just curious.
In baseball, I recall National League umpires working the slot as far back as I remember (and that's pretty far), because most of them used the inside protector. American League umpires used to work above the catcher, higher and more centered, because most of them stuck with the balloon protector. This was one reason that the AL was known as a "high strike" league. All that changed when they changed the umpires to all work for MLB; about 1990.
I go back to 1980 or so with high school softball, and I wasn't ever trained in anything but the slot.