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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
 Well, I've followed baseball since the early 1950's and I remember seeing umpires going to their partners for appeals back then! I don't think that the plate umpire went on his own (especially in those days) so someone had to ask! |
BlueZebra started umping in 56 and the appeal was in effect then. Just seems no one knows what year it started. I know that you didn't see as many appeals asked for by the catchers in the latter 50's-70's as there is now or I didn't notice them as much until the playoffs.