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Originally Posted by Justme
I have not experienced the problems with the upper & lower zone you write about. I watch the ball and easily see where it goes in the GD stance. In fact as I said before, I get a better (longer) view of the ball. I have found the GD stance to be the best stance I have used in 30 years of umpiring.
I could go into a long, but probably futile, discussion with you on the how your experiences with the GD stance are probably due to you not knowing how to work the stance properly.
Just MHO
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My experiences are as an evaluator; I have never personally tried the GD stance. But, I have evaluated and worked with numerous top baseball umpires who have attempted to use the same stance in softball, and that has exposed the weaknesses. For that reason, I have to reject your supposition, as my working the stance isn't a factor.
The upper and lower zone issues can be, as I said, overcome. But, as a technique for teaching the masses, the other method (eyes at the top of the zone) creates more consistency with less judgment involved.
A drop ball pitcher is especially effective with a GD stance plate umpire; all batters move up to hit the drop while it is up, but the ball consistently will drop before the plate with the PU never seeing it drop off the knees.