Going Solo

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by CO ump

johnny
If I said I use my left hand to signal strikes, you think you, Garth and few others might have a comment for me?
If I said I point to my partner with my right hand on an appeal and that's the best way to do it, I might get some feedback?
If I said I didn't like the pivot move and instead stayed on the outside because I got better angles, you think I might catch some flak?

So my question is What difference does it make to you?

It's a forum where opinions are shared and crtiques are given with or without permission and many umpires especially newer ones benefit.
Without going into the archives I'll venture to guess that Garth has many times corrected a stated rules interp or corrected a mechanic, not to show up the original poster but to make sure the umps reading the post are not misled.
It's the beauty of this forum that improper mechanics and bad rule interps ususally get vetted.

I'm sorry you're offended but bad mechanics are bad mechanics no matter who's performing or promoting them. If you disagree then say so but if you don't want to be critiqued then don't announce on the board what you're doing.

I will contine to teach our umpires, that when faced with working one-man, instead of cancelling the game, work it to the best of your ability withn the limitation, hustle at the end of plays, without calling time, to get back to the plate so that you can get the game in before dusk. And, if someone tries to create a play situation, kill it and put everything back where it was...where it would be if time HAD been called, so that there is no difference in the outcome of the integrity of the game.

If I've disappointed you, I'm sorry. But I cannot get too excited about someone not agreeing with so-called "one man mechanics" used at a Frosh game.

If you want to compare that to misinterpreting rules that affect the integerity of the game at all levels, or missing a rotation or being out of position for a call you're reaching. Nothing in the way we work one man games results in the game ending any differently than it would using other "one-man" mechanics.

This much ado about nothing.