Mon Apr 19, 2004, 10:53pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Re: Bad assumptions
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Originally posted by His High Holiness
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Originally posted by Striker991
To read what I wrote....
My specific point is purely anticipation DURING a play.
You, your very self said, "As a base umpire, I am fooled by the players about once every three games." If you let the play itself guide you to where you should be, you wouldn't be fooled at all, because you wouldn't be guessing er, sorry...anticipating. And, following correct mechanics, you would be in position to make a good call.
So I guess the umpires out there would have to make their own decision, right? Let's see, what are the choices? Follow Peter's instructions and get fooled once every three games, possibly being in the wrong place, making a bad call, or getting beaned once every three games. Or, following accepted mechanics, NOT anticipating DURING a play, and not getting fooled, because you are letting the play direct your movements.
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A coach rarely comes out on me regarding one these rare plays that I am out of postition for. First, he knows that his team screwed up. And second, he knows that in the two umpire system, we have to make compromises. The answer to his question of having an umpire on top of every play is "4 umpires." His budget won't allow it.
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To show I'm not completely against what Peter writes, I will agree with this -- if there is a routine ground ball in a college game and the player makes the "wrong" choice, like throwing to third with R1&R2 with 2 outs, I likely will be making a long distance call at third. I'll admit and agree with that and in a 2-umpire crew there is little I can do about it. But I still don't think that C is inherently a worse starting position than B. Anticipating a play properly means that there is a lot of moving going on after that ball turns you toward the fielder.
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