When to signal, or not to...

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Are you serious? The reason that many umpires get on one knee for a potentially close play is for stability, so their head and body are still, in order to make the correct call. Nobody gets down on one knee to call attention to themselves.

1 year experience 15+ times, I say.

Getting down on a knee is a horrible habit, in my opinion.

I see guys do it on plays at first. On a bad throw that requires a lean and a look to get the swipe tag correctly, how do you do that from one knee?

And if you are waiting to read the throw before coming set, it's pretty hard to get on one knee set in time to make the call.

The guys on TV can do it because a vast majority of the throws are true. For those of us who may have to handle multiple swipe tags per GAME, it's better to use a standing set.