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Originally Posted by mattmets
Everything I saw just seemed odd because it was so robotic more than personalized.
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Where you see "robotic," PBUC evaluators see "uniform." MiLB, in its wisdom, has determined that it wants umpires that function correctly, not umpires with style. And so PBUC tweaks its mechanics in order to position 2 or 3 umpires optimally for the majority of calls. The umpires with the greatest conformity to the PBUC standard and game management skills (they're all expected to be 100% on the rules) are the ones who move up.
MLB is, naturally, another story.