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Originally posted by Carl Childress
The plate umpire in RI v IA (LL World Series) gets his calls right, but he looks untrained. Very untrained.
Am I wrong?
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Yes. You're wrong about him "getting his calls right." His strikezone was very erratic, which was fairly obviously attributable to horrid plate mechanics including a crouch so low and not in the slot that he was constantly guessing at pitches because he couldn't see around the catchers' heads, and timing so quick, when he wasn't guessing, he was predicting.
Given his apparent age, I expect his appearance at the LLWS is a reward for probably decades of volunteer service in his local league and district. As laudable as that is, it's still a shame he didn't pick up any actual umpire training along the way.