GD System - Foul Balls to Undesired Spots...

[TussAgee11]

RPatino -

This is true - there is no proven study either way. I said so in my post, albeit indirectly. I said that my theory is just based off what I can see/tell/reason.

Furthermore, you say working lower gives you a worse look at the zone. That is your experience. Umpires for a long long time worked low, knee low. Are people like Tim Mc. not a good umpire?

I can remember playing not too long ago and having umpires which worked from knees, and I was happy when I saw they'd be calling my game because I knew they'd be good.

If working low for you obstructs your view, then fine, it doesn't work for you. Don't say it doesn't work for all umpires.

You can work close and low and get the same angle on the zone as you can working back and high.

People swear by their own way of umpiring, their own stance and adaptations as "working", and anybody else's as "not working". Your post is an example of that.