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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by GarthB
Evans must use a different approach at the five week than he does at his "Classics" in this regard.
"Proper us of the eyes", timing, was drilled into us at first base on out calls. See the foot, hear the catch, find and look at the ball.
However, on safe calls, we were taught: make the call, move your a$$ to the infield, no need to hang around checking F3's glove.
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I'm confused. What you say Jim taught is what Tee and I have been saying: If the runner is safe, call it at once and head for Position B. (He never called it that - except once. When we moved from foul line to the left of the mound, he said: "Now, Carl, you'd call this B, right?" I said: "Sure. And so should you." Light laughter.)
What I was discussing was the stance behind the plate. Probably you weren't replying to me at all; it was just a coincidence that your post followed mine about catcher's movements.
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You are correct, I wasn't replying to you. I neglected to hit the "quote" feature. I posted in reply to a Sal post of how the Academy teaches timing on safe and out calls.
Jim made the same type of comment about "B" at the Classic. "Let's all go to the infield where the base umpire will position himself with a runner on first. Some of you guys call this "B" position." Me: "Well, Jim, it does take less time."