Did Carl know?

[Bob Lyle]

Originally posted by Tim C
For WCB . . . a guy who "gets it." Finally.

TWPs are a huge waste of bad width and association time.

If an umpire concentrates on fair/foul, ball/strike and safe/out their umpire career will rocket past all those poor souls who actually worry about the answer of any TWP.

I agree up to a point, Tim. TWPs that never happen are a waste of bandwidth. However, TWPs that happen now and then are bad news for the unprepared umpire. Just ask Doug Eddings. At his level, it's assumed that he can handle the routine stuff like balls and strikes or safes and outs. It's the once a year situation that got him in trouble. Those kinds of TWPs are well worth discussing.

Oh, BTW, I strongly agree that LL situations are a waste of bandwidth.