[Tim C]

A couple of things:

IF I am going to use my brush, with my back turned, I always call time.

IF I am simply going to use my foot wedge I don't BUT I face the field (also I am not the great plate cleaner -- I dust only the inside and outside corners during an inning -- the whole plate at the start of an inning, if necessary).

Other times:

As a PU if a batter rasies his hand to me like the "wait a second while I get ready" crap the first few times I make a big "TIME" call and get out from behind F2 -- then I tell them "hey meat, the catcher and I will make sure you're ready before he pitches no need to call time!"

If a pitcher wants a different ball and there are runners on base I ALWAYS call "TIME" before making the change.

On the bases I never allow a fielder to call time for no reason. I often ask: "WHY do you want time?" but don't call it.

I cannot think of any "little" issue where my eyes leave the field (well except for searching for MILFs) that would cause me to call "time."

Regards,