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Originally Posted by kfo9494
As I watched the NCAA toury this weekend, I noticed that ALL the umpiring behind the plate was so boring.
I think in the Oklahoma game, (or the Florida game)the plate-umpire was so late with the call that the announcers were not sure what was going to be called. I mean like three good seconds would go by before the umpire would make the robotic jester of a strike. Many times the annoucers would say 'Ball' and then the umpire would stand up. Raise the hand above the head and give a pump motion.>
I know that this is the way they want the plate umpire to handle calling balls and strikes but to me they whole thing makes it robotic and unrreal. Let umpires have some personal expression.
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I am not saying that the umpiring was poor, in fact I saw alot of good umpiring last weekend. But since I watch umpires more than the game, I notice things from an umpire's point of view.
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Is that the umpire or the talking heads fault? It appeared that on most of the games, the participants knew what was going on in plenty of time.
Actually I thought I saw way more personal expression then ever before. Ie...scissors stance, GD stance, box stance, heel toe stance...and something I don't know what to call...but it was spread out about 8 feet wide.
All seemed to be effective.