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Hey,
LL thanks for mentioning the column. Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads my stuff.
A couple of things:
1) Cliff Gustfason (SP) often was quoted when he was head guy at UT: "Yeah, shined shoes, a clean shirt and a razor sharp hem last ONE PITCH when you work for me!"
2) I have often intoned that I don't think it important when talking with umpires if you use interchangably "interference" and "obstruction" . . . I have been taken to task, strongly, by my internet umpire brothers.
3) I think it is silly that I have 47 different umpire shirts.
4) I think that in the upper level of baseball things like dusting off bases, wearing ball bags (or worse yet a fanny pack) and continuing to look at an indiclickercounter when on the bases says something in general about an umpire. It is best to mimick correct things that Big Dogs do so you can really worry about safe/out, ball/strike and fair/foul.
5) I am amazed at those that post things such as:
a) When you are the PU don't look at your indicator. If you do make sure no one notices . . . bu11$hit . . . look as often as you need to.
b) To get "correct timing" I always let the ball hit the catchers glove . . . then I chew my gum twice and THEN call the pitch . . . he11 at my age if I did that I'd FORGET what the pitch was by then.
I am just rying to say that Strikes & Outs is like a trip to your local watering hole to have a cold adult beverage after your game.
I'll tell you how it should be . . . not necessarily how I actually do it.
T
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