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As far as Eddings' call, I think he blew it. In every sport I believe you cannot call what you cannot see and there is no way Eddings saw that pitch hit the ground. Even a 3rd string catcher in the ML's knows to tag the runner if it's close - he obviously ditn't think it was close.
In WV, we use the hammer for all levels of play and in '04 I did the LL Southern Regionals and we were instructed that while either was acceptable, the hammer was preferred. I believe it's better because your head stays forward where the play is occuring. Turning to point takes your vision away from the play - like a D3K.
I'd be interested in seeing where Eddings eyes were facing when he made that "swinging strike" call.
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