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Originally posted by GarthB
Also catchers aren't invisable and last I seen the Ump was standing behind him. The plate probably can't even be seen by the unpire.
Well, this is enough to indicate that you're not an umpire or a damn poor one. When positioning himself properly, the umpire can see the entire plate, the outside corner, a good distance behind the plate and and sometimes a MILF or two.
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Last week I was in Oakland calling a HS section state championship game. I inspected the QuesTec system and the MLB Umpire manual that was in the locker room. A couple of observations:
The QuesTec cameras do what we umpire's do: use fixed reference points to determine where the ball is in reference to the "zone." The problem is that the QuesTec cameras don't have the big fat catcher moving his rear back and forth, left or right, which can change our (umpire's) perspective.
The MLB umpire manual clearly points out how the system is to be used for evaluation. (Each umpire being evaluated gets a DVD of the game.) Included in the manual are sample evaluation forms and criteria. A 90% is listed as acceptable. There is language to account for "missed calls" or other "errors." You may agree or disagree with the how or why, the motivation for using it(QuesTec)or how its effected the game, but you can't say that Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN WARNED!!
So what do you think of "missing" 10% of your calls and still be an "acceptable" umpire?