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Old Sun Feb 08, 2009, 10:20pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by MrUmpire View Post
The pause is a rubber crutch. It does not provide time to see or evaluate a pitch. It that wasn't done by the proper use of the eyes, it cannot be done by pausing.

I know a pause was taught for years to amateur umpires, mostly by amateur umpires. Never the less, it is BS.

One does not have to be a master to work correctly. That's another crutch.
Okay, Mr. Umpire. I will make sure never to give a broadly based point of view around you.
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