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The problem with "timing", in my opinon, is that people make their decisions too quickly, not their calls. This is often seen when some umpires are making their calls immediately after, just as, or even before the ball hits the mitt. The have already decided on the pitch, before the pitch is complete. Thus it is both a physical and mental issue. Adding a phony count of 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi does nothing to correct that problem. It just allows for a delayed crappy call instead of an immediate crappy call. Understanding that timing is the proper use of the eyes, does. While Jim has taught this technique and repeated his mantra since 1989, it goes back, without the mantra, much further than that. At a Doug Harvey week end in the 70's I was taught the foolishness of phony add-ons for timing and how much better it was to watch the ball hit the glove and keep an eye on it as I made my decision and prepared my call. I didn't fully comprehend the totality of this proper mechanic, however, until discussing it with Jim twenty years later.
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