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I pointed off to the side as a minor league umpire...and received a 4.5 plate rating on my plate work. (For those familiar with the PBUC evaluation "system"...that grade speaks for itself.)
Also, "Sarge" (now an Evans instructor, but at the time a PBUC evaluator) told me after a game, "don't change a thing and you are on your way. And if any one tells you to change, you tell them I told you not to." And that was after a game where I had pointed off to the side.
While "Sarge" does not have the Major League resume of Jim...he certainly has decades of experience as an evaluator/instructor on the professional level.
However...to be fair...if you turn off to the side, you better be darn sure of "what just happened" if something did happen. That's why, LLDan, that I echo the calls from others above for you to slow down.
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