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As for 1.5 to 2 seconds after the pitch to make the call, I was watching some tapes of World Series games from the fifties and sixties, and those umps called the pitches immediately. They called plays on the bases very quickly, too, much quicker than today. I know we're all supposed to wait, but I wonder what the justification is. What was discovered between then and now that makes waiting a better practice? Personally, I prefer to call pitches immediately after they hit the glove.
PS. The umps in the tapes also called strikes at the letters and rarely called a checked swing a strike.
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