Timing Issues

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Rcichon

Garth you're right about learning to use the eyes properly. What I neglected in my post is that while hesitating your count, you allow time to 'review' what your eyes saw during the pitch. Maybe wrongfullly, I assume most Plate Umpires watch the pitch in it's entirety into the glove. What [I believe] some Umpires do NOT do is review the pitch and THEN make the call.

The easy button was a poke, Garth.

No problem.

I don't suggest that reviewing the pitch is harmful. I don't even suggest that phony add-on timing gimmicks are necessarily harmful, unless substituted for proper timing; and, unfortunately, they most often are.

Where we will continue to disagree, most likely, is that I believe that with proper timing, which includes keeping your eye on the ball after it hits the mitt, reviewing the pitch and other add-ons become unnecessary.

Proper timing will slow down the decision process and thus your calls will be adjusted accordingly.