[GarthB]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

This is why, in every post, I made sure I said that the foot was entirely out of the box, or completely on the plate. I'm sure Joe knows the difference. And it is not at all hard to look down, the instant the ball contacts the bat, and see the location of the foot.

Once again, you guys equate umpiring with rocket science, and make it seem much harder than it actually is. I often tell people that they underestimate how difficult umpiring is, because they do. But some umpires overstate the difficulty.

Actually, it's just the opposite. We are simplifyhing the game by performing one task, the most important task at that time, rather than two. It's much easier this way.