The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Baseball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Fri May 28, 2004, 11:17am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 14
When I call the strike I use a sort of ML style: I get up, turn my head to right and indicate with my finger an undefinited point in the air.
I copy this style from a lot of experienced umpire of ML as Randy Marsh, Joe West, and many others.


Yesterday I was calling behind the plate for a sort of LL game (9-12 years old).
I made a mistake with a call:

Full count, the batter foul tips into the catcher's glove. I called the strikeout but I shouldn't because the catcher dropped the ball on the ground so the scenario should call a foul ball with the same count. But I didn't see the drop because I was calling the K turning my head at my right side.

At the end of the game, my clinician said to me "NEVER TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY FROM THE PLAY!!!".



What do you think?
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:25pm.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1