[Andy]

I was only able to watch the third and fourth innings of that game, but I thought the same thing of the zone.

I remember one pitch coming in about shoulder high that was called a strike and a few batters later, a pitch that was about letter high being a ball. Oh well, maybe he wanted to get in out of the rain!

I really can't see how the kneeling is helpful. For me, I can't imagine being able to move from that postion quickly enough to let the catcher retrieve a passed ball or go after a foul popup straight back.

The other thing I noticed in the parts of the game that I watched was that the 1B ump never got himself set for any calls at first base. It looked like he got the bangers correct, but he would have looked better doing it from the set position.