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Originally posted by azbigdawg
I wasnt calling anyone in the post lazy.....but the machanics have gone from the proper crouch to an umpire standing there and guessing whether the ball is in the zone or not...it LOOKS lazy to do it that way....it IS lazy to do it that way...
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I agree completely with your statement.
I no longer work the same volume of slowpitch that I have in the past but I regularly see veteran umpires with many National Championships under their belts who never make any effort to look "throgh" the strike zone.
Deep, short, and lots of hand signals are also in evidence.
About the only time they change to doing it correctly is when a "new" umpire comes along or when they know the UIC is looking to see who needs to go to a National.
sigh..........laziness reigns at times.