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Rich said: "You could pregame this with me till the cows come home -- once you come to me, it's now my call to make -- and I'll do it the way I always do -- I make an instant judgment on every check swing and if the PU comes to me, he gets exactly what I have.
I said: "If he wants to change my call, that's fine with me."
I don't see a big difference.
Rich said: "I've been saying "Ball; No, he didn't go" since I started umpiring in the 1980s...To me, it's communicating that I saw the bat move and, in my judgment, the batter didn't offer.
I said: "If I am 100% sure about a non-swing, I will - confidently - verbalize it. "Ball -no swing!" or something similar. I am telling my partner (pre-gamed) that I had a real good look at it, and I'm sure he didn't go."
I don't see a big difference here either.
I said nothing about a signal to my partner about how I expected him to act. Once I go to him on the appeal, it's his call, and as I said, whatever he has is fine with me.
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