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Originally Posted by midtnblu
His "ball" calls sound like "BAAH".
LOUD.
The hitters think he's saying "HAAH" which is confusing them.
Just watched first pitch to a batter ... off the plate... PU yells BAAH.
Batter looks back at PU cuz he thinks he called it a strike. Same thing on next pitch.
2-0 count batter takes 3rd pitch for actual strike on inside corner and heads to the dugout.
They have to call him back cuz it's only 2-1.
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And, he uses different timing on left handed and right handed hitters. He has this delayed strike call with a point on right handers, but on lefties he calls strike much faster because he uses less footwork and a hammer. He is very inconsistent too.
I'm sitting here yelling at my TV on some of the outside the zone strikes he's calling. Can't hit those pitches with a 6 foot bat.
And what's with that "got him!" call on swinging strike 3? A bit over the top, IMO.
Smitty at first base is going to call a runner out one of these days while F3 is dropping the ball. Weak looking mechanics as well.