Teaching the strike zone

[scott1231]

Gimme a few minutes and I'll come up with "baseball vs water polo" officiating analogy so we can get completely off-topic.

Why in the HE77 are we comparing one totally different sport to another here?

Sure, they both have a strike zone, but the ball moves differently, and the expectations of the strike zone are different. Sorry, but that's reality.

Sure, we have basically the same mechanics, but I will get drilled in my evaluations if I make a 2-part strike call, look robotic on the stick or on the bases, or call a humongous deuce that busts off and ends up almost in the dirt a strike. Not gonna happen at the levels I work.

Let's stick to baseball here, y'all.

[LakeErieUmp]

The last time I saw anyone consistently throw strikes that bounced at the catcher's feet was Gaylord Perry. And we know now he did that. Now that he's long retired I haven't seen a pitch fall THAT fast off the table in many years.

[UMP25]

When can we discuss the singing and chanting of the players that is different between the two sports? You know, the "s-i, s-i-n, s-i-n-g-l-e, SINGLE--Rachel!"

[Tim C]

Potw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lawump]

Originally Posted by UMP25

When can we discuss the singing and chanting of the players that is different between the two sports? You know, the "s-i, s-i-n, s-i-n-g-l-e, SINGLE--Rachel!"

To paraphrase that comedian: I don't care who you are...that there is funny!

By the way: Even with Ques-Tec: MLB does NOT expect their umpires to call a "strike" on a pitch that nicks the bottom of the zone and then lands in the dirt, or is smothered by the catcher in the dirt. MLB evaluators will override the machine, and consider an umpire who called "ball" to have adjudged correctly.

lawump
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PBUC (former); NCAA; NFHS; Am. Leg.; AAU; KGB; FBI; ASPCA; ACLU; NRA.

[LakeErieUmp]

Hey Lawump - how does the ACLU let you be a member of the NRA, and vice versa??

[lawump]

Originally Posted by LakeErieUmp

Hey Lawump - how does the ACLU let you be a member of the NRA, and vice versa??

Just being a wise ***. I thought someone would have noticed the KGB/FBI cites first.

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by lawump

Just being a wise ***. I thought someone would have noticed the KGB/FBI cites first.

Oh! I figgered the "ASPCA, ACLU, NRA" were BECAUSE OF the "KGB, FBI..."

[dontcallmeblue]

The one thing a pitch that bounces cannot be is a called strike. It can be anything else. I also echo lawumps Q-Tec statement, I've too been told this by a big leaguer.