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"Begin his reaction" does not mean "take off running" the way I see it. Sure, I begin my reaction by saying to myself, "he's going, now what?" There may not be a play at 3rd at all. The catcher may fake a throw to 3rd, then throw to get the trail runner at 2nd. I see this happen all the time. I have taken at the most, 1 false step toward 3rd, and can recover in time to get a good position for the play at 2nd. If I take off with the runner, I'm guaranteed to look like an idiot when the play ends up being at 2nd base.
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Don't take a simple statement and run with it like a smelly mackeral. "Moving to postion" is far different that "takling off running." I follow the exact process as CoachJM has documented. Sometimes it is hard for some of us to say "I was wrong" . . . It is clear to me that the quotation by CoachJM means to physically MOVE not just think it through. Regards, |
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The PBUC manual makes no mention of "moving to position" prior to the ball being caught. It says to "begin your reaction." Well, no sh*t. We all begin our reaction, otherwise we would, as SoCal said, be looking up the rear-end of the runner. I begin my reaction when I know the runner is going. I get ready to pounce into action, weight on the balls of my feet, ready to push off with my left foot at a perfect angle. I know the exact spot I'm going to run to. By instinct, I know when to turn into the play and set. Voila, I'm right there. But take off willy-nilly before the ball reaches the catcher? Never.
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I seem to recall that the time between F1 committing and Fx catching the ball from F2 is something like 2 seconds. If that's true, then I don't think I can afford to "give up" the 30% - 50% that happens before F2 catches the ball. As Tee implied (or at least as I inferred from his post), I think most of us (on both "sides" of the issue) are really saying the same thing. It's wrong to wait until F2 catches the ball. It's also wrong to run willy-nilly toward the position as soon as R2 breaks. Be moving toward the position (and the "moving" can include body motion), but don't commit until there's goiing to be a play. |
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Does anyone set up in C other than on the line from the edge of the mound to the plate? In other words, does anyone cheat toward 3B because the runner at 2B may have a very large lead, often directly behind the BU?
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There is no one spot for the C position. Game situations come into play when setting up on the grass. I've set up deep, shallow, left a little, right a little....
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I repeat: I have NEVER had any problem getting a great angle, getting 4 or 5 good steps toward the midpoint of the 3rd baseline, and having a really good look at the play at 3rd, all without leaving C until the ball smacked the catcher's mitt. This is at the HS Varsity level, mind you. I'm sure that professional athletes are much faster, and if PBUC says to leave sooner, I would comply when working pro games.
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You have, in the past, talked about how, while you have never gone to pro school or attended an extended pro camp like one of Evans' Classics, you were, never-the-less trained by local "pro" umpires. So, are you saying that in all the training by these pros, you have never heard of the proper PBUC and proschool mechanic for this situation? Do the local pros "dumb down" mechanics for the association? Or. perhaps your association has its own mechanics? No insult intended, honestly, I'm just trying to understand how you were trained.
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I said I learned pro school mechanics from pro school graduates, some of which were minor league umpires. I worked with an umpire, who was home on vacation from his Texas League assignment. He is a very well known umpire here. He even wore his TL uniform and hat for the game. He had the bases. He had a steal of 3rd, and he did not leave C until the catcher caught the baseball. The time frame you all are talking about is so miniscule to start with. You can't seriously think by leaving with the runner that you are getting that much of a bigger jump. Now, you think they dumb down the mechanics for us? These were pro school grads, teaching 1986 or earlier pro school mechanics. Nobody ever once said to leave C position at the same time the runner does. The umpire isn't stealing the base, so why should he try to beat the runner. I can still get over for my angle before he gets anywhere close to 3rd.
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I have no problem with the PBUC mechanic, but let me say this. I believe using a times-rate-speed calculation shows that a 70 mph pitch reaches the batter in .584 seconds. Just how much of a jump will that get you if you move as soon as the ball is delivered?
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On to a basketball game.
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I did not realize that the double A umpires got vacation. Also, why did he wear his TL uniform and hat? Sounds like he was trying to big-league you. |
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