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Originally Posted by Justme
But I still haven't heard a good reason to move your head rather than follow the ball to the F2 with your eyes.
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Maybe you should try reading... how about out of your peripheral vision?
An umpire (IMO) who claims he can use the GD stance with a batter at the front of the box, and hence the catcher moving up to right behind the plate, and still see the entire plate, the ball crossing the plate (esp low) and the ball enter the catcher's glove without moving his head is, let's just say, not very self-aware.
Either that, or he doesn't care about calls at the plate beyond ball and strike (such as D3K). After all, the the batter swings (up in the box, before the ball crosses the plate) and the ball dives into the dirt, how do you know if the catcher caught or trapped the ball?
Or maybe you are calling the zone next to the batter instead of over the plate.
I don't care what stance you use; as I said, I was pointing out that the "camera" analogy was bogus. It is more important to keep the object you are trying to track in your field of view than it is to worry about slight head movement.