Sat Jun 20, 2009, 11:14am
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lakeside, California
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Originally Posted by Klokard
Plate guy working a GBL game last night with me did something I have never seen before. Scissors on left handed batters, box with right handed.
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Originally Posted by JJ
When I started umping in 1979 I used the box. One year I seemed to get hit a LOT, and I started flinching - so I switched to the scissors for righties (less chance of getting hit) and stayed in the box for lefties because that was most comfortable for me. After two years of working that way a buddy who had worked pro ball said, "That looks ridiculous", so I went to the scissors full time because it "locked me in" better than the box. I liked it, and used it until two years ago when my hip became so sore I couldn't use it because of the pain, so I switched back to the box. Last September I had hip replacement, and this year I'm back to the scissors. I'll stay with it until the new hip wears out. 
(Bionic) JJ |
Well, I know at least one famous umpire that did this. Does the name Doug Harvey ring a bell?
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