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Originally posted by His High Holiness
The coaches aren't dummies. They pick up the communication and then use it against us. Therefore, all checks are now done in the same way regardless of what view the PU thinks he had of the play. The only exception is the dropped strike three and then the PU checks immediately before being asked.
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Maybe we DO lag a little behind the latest advances in US thinking on mechanics. I'm not sure that's entirely a BAD thing. We get to watch ESPN to see the shortcomings before we are expected to alter our processes!
The only thing I can say is that we follow the currently approved professional mechanics, as published in the UDP
Manual For The Two-Umpire System. I had this discussion with T. Alan Christensen some time back, where he said he'd never seen nor heard of such a call ("
Ball; no he didn't go"). To his everlasting credit he came back later and reported he had just seen and heard the call used in a Minor League game. That was in 2001 (I think). Seems to be at odds with your early 90's assessment for the change, Peter.
I know that this mechanic was still being taught at Evans in 2000. After that I can't report, only speculate.
Cheers