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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)
MikeStrybel,
The problem with the visual/physical mechanic only regarding your judgement of whether or not the catcher legally caught the pitch is that the two people with the most urgent need to know, the batter (-runner) and catcher, can't see your mechanic.
I use what Bob J. and Jim Evans suggest, both a physical and verbal mechanic:
Were a coach come out to complain about my mechanics, I'd laugh in his f... I mean, thank him for his input and send him back to the dugout.
The catcher may know whether or not he caught the pitch, but he has no idea whether you JUDGED he caught it unless you let him know.
JM
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Three decades later and never had a catcher that didn't know how to turn his head if he had a doubt. I have seen a few coaches get angry at umpires who alert runners to D3K though. Dance with who brought you, J. I hope all is well.