Timing play or not?

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by kylejt

The point is if you're a college umpire, and don't know that simple rule, there's a problem.

Something else one would expect of a college umpire:

The correct term is "time play" not timing play.

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Something else one would expect of a college umpire:

The correct term is "time play" not timing play.

I know lots of college umpires who get that wrong.

[johnnyg08]

I know several college umpires who shouldn't be doing college games, but their "A" job has a flexible schedule so they get the games. Certainly, many of the guys who do the college ball in our area are very good and very qualified. But I know many excellent umpires who can't do college because of their job.

No comment on the OP. I think regardless of the guy's credentials, he deserves a fair answer to his question, not picking him apart because of what we read in his signature.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

I know lots of college umpires who get that wrong.

I've heard a lot of quality instructors say "timing", as that makes the most grammatical sense. As in it's a matter of timing, not time. What happens first, as opposed to where the hands of the clock are.

It may even be a regional thing. Like supper.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I've heard a lot of quality instructors say "timing",

Have you ever heard it called a timing play by instructors or owners at proschool?

... it's a matter of timing, not time.

No, it's a matter of time.

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Have you ever heard it called a timing play by instructors or owners at proschool?

Yes, and much worse.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Yes, and much worse.

Incredible.

I went to JEAPU and the Jim and his instructors never referred to it as anything but a time play. And they corrected students who said timing play.

It has stuck with me since.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Incredible.

I went to JEAPU and the Jim and his instructors never referred to it as anything but a time play. And they corrected students who said timing play.

It has stuck with me since.

They also stubbornly refuse to use the terms A, B, C, and D as base umpire positions on the field, so I guess we should never use those either.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

I know lots of college umpires who get that wrong.

You need to hang out with a better class of umpires.