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Old Thu Oct 21, 2004, 09:22am
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From what I've read in this baseball forum, it seems that MLB umps used to live or die by their calls... there were no conferences, managers went to the calling umpire and that umpire was tossed when he crossed the line.

At some point, this thinking changed. Perhaps when it was some Sandy fellow had increased responsibilities after some major issues with the UA.

Could going from pre-Sandy mechanics to greymule's suggestion be considered "too much of a change too fast?" We all know that making a call too fast in any sport can be deadly, and maybe changing the philosophy, in whole, too fast will cause a lot of mis-understanding, inconsistency, etc...

The umps/coaches/administrators need time (2yrs? 3yrs? 4yrs?) to adjust to seeing how everything should and will go with the thought process of getting the call right.

(Example: is Fed basketball, everyone knew that there'd be a change that the L would handle free throws, instead of the T. But there was a transition year where the L bounced the ball to the T who handed it to the shooter. Maybe next year the PU will call time and say this is what happened, but this year, they're going to conference, as a transition year.)

I'm just asking...

[Edited by JugglingReferee on Oct 21st, 2004 at 10:24 AM]
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