I appreciate where you're coming from, but when you start talking about calling all the rules the way FED wants them, you open up a real can of worms.
If you are insisting on calling all of FED's rules, then do you call a pitch that is four inches above the belt a strike? I mean the whole ball is clearly just inside that midway point between the shoulders and the waist. It's a strike by FED rules. And don't give me the whole, it's a judgement thing. You and I both know that you can tell where that ball comes in with a good degree of accuracy.
So are you faithful to all the FED rules or do you just pick and choose which ones you gonna call because you might get some $#!t in your area if you tried?
I think given your stance on the rules that is a fair and legitimate question.
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Originally posted by officialtony
Well . . . I try to be consistent with my strike zone. I cannot say that all those pitches are called strikes. But aren't those calls judgment calls? Is that what we are talking about when we discuss this glove movement thing? Or are we talking about a pretty clear act on which no judgment is applied other than yep he waved the glove to get a new sign? Is there any middle ground there that could be disputed as not really a wave of the glove? I'm not sure you are comparing apples with apples. I really don't want to switch gears on this post. Otherwise we could talk about coaches outside the box ( pretty clear there. No judgment - either he is in or out of the box ),Celebration after a home run, etc. I guess because there was a discussion about this and the gorilla arm in our association meeting, I feel the importance was placed on it and it needs to be called. As I said, in my humble opinion. I would add that I am also going to give a warning on this before I call it a balk. But the 2nd time in the same game - balk.
I will answer your question another way though. I do let some things slide, even though I know I shouldn't. However, on judgment issues like balls and strikes, interference and obstruction, etc. I try to be very consistent. Am I wrong? Entirely possible. I would admit that freely. But I strive to be better with each call in each game.
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