Visual daily double #1: The masked man

[Jim Porter]

Originally posted by Tim C
While I agree with some of what Jim Porter has said I think in "Big Boy Ball" you sometimes need to clearly establish that you are in charge (some could say, "Intimidate").

Tee,

I do work "Big Boy Ball," and my advice is for exactly that.

The old school where you were taught has gone the way of the dinosaurs. Intimidation is discouraged now. Welcome to the New Millenium.

There is no reason for an umpire to establish he is in charge. He is already in charge. Any "establishing" which needs to be done is now considered to be a weak approach. No need to establish something that is already given to you by the rules and by practice, custom, and tradition.

If you need to establish that you are in charge, then you are admitting that, at some point, you weren't in charge. That kind of loss of control makes for a lowered rating in today's baseball.

Sorry, but that old school approach is no longer recommended by any clinician worth his salt.


[Edited by Jim Porter on Apr 12th, 2001 at 03:02 PM]