Ok I'm a first yearer. I did a full year of baseball umping this year. I was always one of the more delayed umps in the league. I developed this delay when I had my first time behind the plate and anxioty got the best of 1 or two calls. So I started the Read..1..2..react. There are a few coaches who realize that is does make my calls more accurate most the time but catch a lot of critisism from others. The time where it gets the wost is in a hot-box when it is a player that almost avoids the tag and he is halfway back to the other bag after my 2 srcond delay. I feel that especially whe there is hardly a tag you have to look hard for anything that would signal tag or no tag and is a good time for delay...but usually the only people who appreciate it are the ones I work with...everyone else gets real loud and claims I made the call on player reaction. How long do you usually delay the calls to be sure they are right? I've learned the 2 second thing.
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Wed Aug 14, 2002, 04:12pm
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