Thread: Warm-up Pitches
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Old Mon Apr 30, 2007, 03:26pm
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
I think you missed a great career in overseeing air line schedules.

Frankly, I have never seen any pitcher use 60 seconds to deliver a meager 5 warm up pitches.
I see the smiley ... but the next time you umpire, bring a stopwatch. Have someone start it when the 3rd out is made. Have them stop it when you direct her to pitch. Don't time it yourself, or you'll hurry them along. Then check it after - you'll be shocked. My bet - over 2 minutes.

Then have this person time it each half inning - see if you EVER get close to 1 minute without dropping a pitch. I bet you don't - even if you hurry them.
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