[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by baseball1955

You hear the word "timing" a lot but that means wait, say strike or ball to yourself before calling the pitch.

Only to the uninitiated would it mean that. A phony delay adds nothing positive to the execution of calling balls and strikes. It just makes people wait longer for a bad call.

Timing is the proper use of the eyes. Correct timing adds a positive element to calling balls and strikes, not a delay.

If "One-Mississippi" helped one's accuracy, imagine what reciting the Greek Alphabet would do.

alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega...STRIKE!!!