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Old Mon Aug 11, 2008, 12:39pm
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
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For the majority of my 21 years umpiring, I worked the scissors and pointed to the right for both left and right handed batters. I always turned my head with the point, and never missed a thing on the field. My peripheral vision never left the baseball, and my timing was such that if the catcher were to make a snap throw, I would be all over it. No problems, no worries.

That doesn't mean you should do a Dutch Rennert exaggerated, prolonged point to the side, where you are looking away from the field for a good 5 seconds like he used to do. Just a strike call and point, then back to facing front.
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