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[Old Sweater]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Well, I've followed baseball since the early 1950's and I remember seeing umpires going to their partners for appeals back then! I don't think that the plate umpire went on his own (especially in those days) so someone had to ask!

BlueZebra started umping in 56 and the appeal was in effect then. Just seems no one knows what year it started. I know that you didn't see as many appeals asked for by the catchers in the latter 50's-70's as there is now or I didn't notice them as much until the playoffs.