[wadeintothem]

I'm not sure who this umpire was but he made his verbal call and signal at the same time standing. It looked sharp! It was a breath of fresh air to see a softball umpire actually look good and not the typical robotic thing crammed down our throat. His hammer was not text book NCAA or ASA. Man this guy looked good!

I know this year NCAA allowed umps to use various stances and have already seen a D1 guy doing the scissor stance. Now this guy.

Hopefully ASA follows NCAA's lead and opens up a little.

It is an atrocious mechanic, especially on TV, ..

Pitch..
silence (cant hear the umpire, all I can hear is friggin dugout chanting)
more silence
more silence (me yelling at tv: hey wtf was the call blue?)
stands up, hammer (oh it was a strike! about #$%'n time)