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Originally Posted by 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)
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Tell me again why you are involved with ASA since you despise just about everything they do with which you don't agree?
I thought this umpire wasn't bad. Thought some of his calls were rushed and even the players seemed to give an occasional smirk. He wasn't very consistent on his "ball" calls. A couple sounded as if he was guessing. I doubt he was, but perception is reality, especially on TV
I liked his left-handed punch on a 3rd strike.
BTW, if you are watching it on TV, who the hell cares how quick you get the call? The people who need to know the call have it.