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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 01:23pm
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1) it's less than 45 degrees

2) Catcher's can see the movement and still catch the pitch.

3) All those fancy "no-look" passes you see in basketball are because the players CAN see the movement (and the uniform color) in their peripheral vision.

4) Running backs make all those fancy cuts because they can see the peripheral activity.

But you need to learn how to do it.
Rich, it is not movement that you have to see to make this call. It is the foot of the baserunner leaving the base before the ball leaves the pitcher's hand. You cannot do it, you never have done it, you never will do it and nobody else can, has or will, either.

Even the proper mechanics makes this a difficult call for the BU. it is very rare for the runner to leave early by a lot.

I probably called 10 girls leave early as BU in about 40 FP games I did on the bases last summer-mostly competitive tournaments. I had about the same number called by my partners when I was PU in about 50 games. I did not see one of them leave early when I was PU.
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:07pm
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:26pm
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As long as people keep telling me they can see Wichita while standing on the beach in California facing the Pacific Ocean, I will tell them they cannot.

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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:33pm
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As long as people keep telling me they can see Wichita while facing the Pacific Ocean, I will tell them they cannot.
You can if you're East of Wichita.
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:40pm
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You can if you're East of Wichita.
I edited it to make it more precise.
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:54pm
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the horse isn't dead until these people stop saying that they can accurately call this from behind the plate with absolute certainty.
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:56pm
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Is it just me or does his left hand appear to be a part of the bat?
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 09:07pm
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Is it just me or does his left hand appear to be a part of the bat?
THAT is your best post to date.
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Old Tue Jun 09, 2009, 09:35pm
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THAT is your best post to date.
Indeed.



Put me in the "no chance camp". Ball leaving hand and foot leaving 1B at the same time... no chance. Not even with 60' bases.
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Old Wed Jun 10, 2009, 12:16pm
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Indeed.

Put me in the "no chance camp". Ball leaving hand and foot leaving 1B at the same time... no chance. Not even with 60' bases.
I don't suppose there's a "stopped caring about 20 posts ago" camp, is there?
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