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Old Sun Sep 01, 2013, 10:30am
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Thought some may like this quick video. I'd love to see one on a rotation and big call to 3rd or something!

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A great perspective. Thanks for sharing.
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Thought some may like this quick video. I'd love to see one on a rotation and big call to 3rd or something!

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Useless piece of equipment.
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What is a useless piece of equipment?
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Old Mon Sep 02, 2013, 07:12am
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The Umpire Cam. About as useful as the strike box on TV.
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The Umpire Cam. About as useful as the strike box on TV.
They put a man on the moon decades ago, but the K Zone on TV in inaccurate......................two words................DON'T WATCH.
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This is something to make these "numb-nuts" who don't know a thing about umpiring feel good about themselves!
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Useless piece of equipment.
For someone like me who has never umped a game and probably never will, I really liked the perspective. I'd like to see more of this, including plays at different bases and home plate.
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Old Tue Sep 03, 2013, 07:54am
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For someone like me who has never umped a game and probably never will, I really liked the perspective. I'd like to see more of this, including plays at different bases and home plate.
I didn't find the perspective very realistic -- the lens distorted the image.
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Old Tue Sep 03, 2013, 08:32am
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For someone like me who has never umped a game and probably never will, I really liked the perspective. I'd like to see more of this, including plays at different bases and home plate.
Just go on utube or visit MLB. There are thousands of shots to review.

They all prove the same things.

1. Officials are expected to be perfect from day one and get better from there.
2. There is no such thing as a perfect official.
3. Opinions about their calls are like A**Ho***. Everyone has one.
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Old Tue Sep 03, 2013, 08:35am
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3. Opinions about their calls are like A**Ho***. Everyone has one.
And most of them stink.
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Old Tue Sep 03, 2013, 10:08am
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and most of them stink.
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Old Wed Sep 04, 2013, 12:35pm
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I didn't find the perspective very realistic -- the lens distorted the image.
Agree. The bubble view of the field is distracting, and the pitcher seemed like he was 100 feet away.
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Old Thu Sep 05, 2013, 01:10am
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Just go on utube or visit MLB. There are thousands of shots to review.
Thousands of shots from a camera mounted on the HP umpire? I'm saying that, disregarding the bubble view, this gives me a decent perspective of what umpires see.
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Old Thu Sep 05, 2013, 12:20pm
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I'm saying that, disregarding the bubble view, this gives me a decent perspective of what umpires see.
Well, it may be decent for those who have never strapped on the gear and called balls and strikes. But it is definitely not how it really looks from back there for those of us who have seen a few pitches.

Given today's technology, there's definitely equipment out there that can give you a much more realistic view than this one.
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