Mark Wegner's Pitch Out

[TussAgee11]

I know you are partially kidding UES, but really, I bet when you work around 1500 plate games in the MLB, you could call strikes when the ball is half way to the plate, and still get them right more than the average amateur umpire.

[UES]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

I know you are partially kidding UES, but really, I bet when you work around 1500 plate games in the MLB, you could call strikes when the ball is half way to the plate, and still get them right more than the average amateur umpire.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, when you get to the Bigs, they don't care about your stance, they could give a sh!t about head height and they certainly don't watch if your tracking the ball with your eyes of your head... At the MLB level, they only care about one thing and that is ARE YOU GETTING THE PITCHES RIGHT? That is why amateurs umpires should not watch big league umps work the plate because they break more rules than they follow. But guess what, it doesn't matter because nobody cares what they look like - they just care about the end result.

So for all you guys that point out Froemming's flinches or Reiley's head movement or Joyce's multiple stances, the bottom line is they get things right back there and that's all that counts.

UES

[lawump]

Also, for fun, check Ed Montague's mechanics as first base umpire. Seriously, watch how friggin' close he gets to the plays.

Seriously, there was/is a huge Ed Montague appreciation society among pro umpires because they can't believe how he gets, like, every play right and that none seem to "explode" on him. He's a freak (in a good way).

[mbyron]

The admiration is akin to that a daredevil gets (and for approximately the same reason).

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by UES

I've said it before and I'll say it again, when you get to the Bigs, they don't care about your stance, they could give a sh!t about head height and they certainly don't watch if your tracking the ball with your eyes of your head... At the MLB level, they only care about one thing and that is ARE YOU GETTING THE PITCHES RIGHT? That is why amateurs umpires should not watch big league umps work the plate because they break more rules than they follow. But guess what, it doesn't matter because nobody cares what they look like - they just care about the end result.

Which is why amateur umps should be much less concerned about the same crap (head height, etc) and more about figgering out how they best get the calls right.

So for all you guys that point out Froemming's flinches or Reiley's head movement or Joyce's multiple stances, the bottom line is they get things right back there and that's all that counts.

UES

Right. Apply universally.