Phil Cuzzi's Vision

[SanDiegoSteve]

Name a few easier calls, then.

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Name a few easier calls, then.

Same play, if you are U3 looking from behind the bag all the way down the line.

The eyes do fail us when we have to move them sharply one way, then another. They will, at times, give bad information to the brain. This is why we line up our tagup plays, come to a set on force plays, and improve angle before distance. And on the play in the OP, Cuzzi had to move his eyes awfully quick to track where that ball hit.

It's not an excuse, its an explanation on to why he called what he did. It happens. Blame the receptors in the optic nerve and the occipital lobe.

[MrUmpire]

Here's three to begin with:

1. Full swinging strike
2. Can of corn to F4
3. Wild pitch that goes to the backstop

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Here's three to begin with:

1. Full swinging strike
2. Can of corn to F4
3. Wild pitch that goes to the backstop

Oh, you're so droll!

[RPatrino]

#3 is not a call, try again. LOL

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

#3 is not a call, try again. LOL

You wouldn't call it a ball? You'd make no call on a pitch? I guess that would be funny. LOL

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Oh, you're so droll!

Nothing whimsical here. A poster named fair/foul as THE easiest call in baseball. I disagreed. You asked for examples. I gave you three.

[SanDiegoSteve]

The easiest call that requires effort and/or judgment to make, then.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

The easiest call that requires effort and/or judgment to make, then.

So a full swing doesn't require anyone to judge if it was a swing or not? What if the PU blinks? What if he is blocked by the catcher? It is very possible to miss a full swing. It happened to Eric Gregg in a NL game.

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Quit defending MLB umpires at all costs.

I really haven't seen anyone doing that here. Although several people here seem to be looking to bash MLB umpires whenever they get the chance.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Nothing whimsical here. A poster named fair/foul as THE easiest call in baseball. I disagreed. You asked for examples. I gave you three.

A high fly ball dropping fair or foul with zero chance of a player or players screening him is the easiest call in umpiring. Not any fair/foul, that fair/foul.

And I re-stated it because the chronically disagreeable LDUB once again stated that my personal opinion is wrong, but made no claim of an easier call in so doing.

Some of these examples of easier "calls" are pretty curious. That call he blew is the easiest call in umpiring. Just because some of you can imagine that there is something easier, doesn't change my opinion.

I have enjoyed watching you try to come up with an easier call. That's dedication to a cause. Very admirable.

[bob jenkins]

Enough.

Or, more accurately, too much.