CWS v. Boston

[Sal Giaco]

Atl Blue,
As someone posted earlier - it's not something you teach young umpires and calling the location of the pitch is not something you do all the time.

I've been doing it on borderline outside or inside pitches for the last couple of years and haven't had any problems with it. Sometimes, I'll just turn my head and say ball while looking the outside pitch away.

At the college level, it sometimes stops the coaches from asking "where's that pitch". In Independent Ball, they pretty much know when you turn your head that the pitch was out or in ... I guess they have more of a "clue" (that's not a knock against college coaches - just different experience levels from managers in pro ball).