Angle at the plate

[yo...blue...]

Try telling a coach, "parallax can distort things"... "I was in the best position to see the play, Coach. Now go back to your dugout."

This guy is toes to the edge of the dirt circle. Aren't we supposed to take tag plays on the bases from the cutout? It shouldn't be any different at the plate.

It's unfortunate that some Umpires always look for the negatives of other umpires. Maybe that's the way they build themselves up. I'm suprised nobody has said anything about the plate umpire's grey ballbags.

[NFump]

Originally Posted by yo...blue...

Try telling a coach, "parallax can distort things"... "I was in the best position to see the play, Coach. Now go back to your dugout."

This guy is toes to the edge of the dirt circle. Aren't we supposed to take tag plays on the bases from the cutout? It shouldn't be any different at the plate.

It's unfortunate that some Umpires always look for the negatives of other umpires. Maybe that's the way they build themselves up. I'm suprised nobody has said anything about the plate umpire's grey ballbags.

Uh oh, here come the defensive posts where they tell you it's only because of....(insert your own reason) that they do that, not to build themselves up.

[johnnyg08]

By talking about situations on here and by learning from other's errors, that's how we can improve.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Angel Campos just showed a terrific example of where to be on a tag play at the plate from 3BLX. He was right on top of the play, just as I was taught. He was looking nearly straight down at the tag, about 4 feet from the plate, and correctly called the Padres runner safe. He had a perfect look at the play. It was textbook positioning for a tag play, which is right on top of it.

I couldn't have been prouder if it were me own boy!

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Angel Campos just showed a terrific example of where to be on a tag play at the plate from 3BLX. He was right on top of the play, just as I was taught. He was looking nearly straight down at the tag, about 4 feet from the plate, and correctly called the Padres runner safe. He had a perfect look at the play. It was textbook positioning for a tag play, which is right on top of it.

I couldn't have been prouder if it were me own boy!

I love it when a PCL guy I've seen work makes it up to the Show and does well. I also saw him in the Northwest League when we had a short-season A team. Thanks for the story.