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Originally posted by greymule
Yes, the calls at the bases were immediate or even faster, safe or out. And on called strikes, the right hand was up before the ball hit the mitt.
I wish I knew how to post jpegs.
I also noticed that the PU called time out immediately after the 4th ball of an intentional walk. Pitch hits the glove, immediate time out.
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Not only did the old time umps call the safes and outs far too quickly, even at second and third bases, their mechanics always crack me up. Safe calls resembled football incomplete pass calls with the waving the arms back and forth, and the out calls with the arm shot up in the air with the extended thumb. Not wrong back then, just funny.
