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Originally posted by kellerumps
don't care how the MLB umpires call strikes or how the NCAA umpires like to emulate them (I'm sure the Kellers will like to jump in on this one), but I'm tired of being told that, as an ASA umpire, I should adjust my signals and uniform to look like the big boys because that is what everyone else is doing. I got over that when I graduated high school and cannot think of any good reason to model things in my life after someone else.
Nope not jumping on that one. I disagree with your assessment of Umpires that work NCAA ball, just like you would disagree with some of my assesments of ASA.
Gotta Sleep...Just got back from a nice relaxing vacation with the family in Florida.
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My apologies for not being clear. My intention is not to make a disparaging remark concerning umpires who work NCAA ball. The point was that I don't believe that should be justification for umpires working ASA ball to abandon the mechanics taught and precribed in ASA schools and umpire's manual.
And yes, when I talk to umpires who work both NCAA and ASA, I hear about the way MLB does it. This is also what I heard from an umpires who have worked ASA Nationals this year. Well, if that's what ASA wants, fine, but don't make the rest of us look like idiots by teaching one thing only to be told another.