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bkbjones

I just asked my friend in Taiwan, Woo Ching-Kao. Same there.

first2third

We have some umpires that verbalize then bring the feet together and then mark the strike. I was at an ASA national and was taught to not move the feet, just come out of the squat and mark it high after verbal. I have been teaching this to our association. Did I just have a weird UIC or is this the way it is supposed to be done?:cool:

azbigdawg

first2third wrote
We have some umpires that verbalize then bring the feet together and then mark the strike. I was at an ASA national and was taught to not move the feet, just come out of the squat and mark it high after verbal. I have been teaching this to our association. Did I just have a weird UIC or is this the way it is supposed to be done?:cool:

come straight up without moving the feet....

Skahtboi

azbigdawg wrote
come straight up without moving the feet....

Yup.

AtlUmpSteve

first2third wrote
We have some umpires that verbalize then bring the feet together and then mark the strike. I was at an ASA national and was taught to not move the feet, just come out of the squat and mark it high after verbal. I have been teaching this to our association. Did I just have a weird UIC or is this the way it is supposed to be done?:cool:

I used to have some, too. I asked them if they weren't forgetting to click their heels, too; also a few comments about "Schultz", and if they knew nothing.

That visual got them to change (although with younger umpires today, I doubt they would get my point).

NCASAUmp

AtlUmpSteve wrote
I used to have some, too. I asked them if they weren't forgetting to click their heels, too; also a few comments about "Schultz", and if they knew nothing.

That visual got them to change (although with younger umpires today, I doubt they would get my point).

Hey, I'm one of those younger umpires, and I know a good Hogan's Heroes reference when I hear one! 😀

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NCASAUmp wrote
Hey, I'm one of those younger umpires, and I know a good Hogan's Heroes reference when I hear one! 😃

Congrats on your reward of bread and butter! 😀

Welpe

Steve M wrote
25% higher?!? I thought that was Wade's area.😃

I didn't think Wade lived in Santa Cruz. 😀

whiskers_ump wrote
And "little Texas", Scott in big Texas

Wait, there's more than one Texas? Now I'm confused. 😮

Interestingly enough, the strike mechanic is the same here. I'm sensing a trend. As an aside, I am not a fan of the nearly 180* hammer mechanic. It looks like the umpire is trying to grab something out of the sky.

wadeintothem

Welpe wrote
I didn't think Wade lived in Santa Cruz. 😀

Hell no!! I dont live with a bunch of dope smoking liberal hippies. 😠

I live in the mountains with a bunch of meth head white trash! 😎

SethPDX

wadeintothem wrote
Hell no!! I dont live with a bunch of dope smoking liberal hippies. 😠

I live in the mountains with a bunch of meth head white trash! :cool:

Come on up to Oregon and live with both groups in one city! 😛

wadeintothem

SethPDX wrote
Come on up to Oregon and live with both groups in one city! :p

Doh! I thought that was Seattle!

SethPDX

Well, the meth labs are more on the outskirts of Portland.

And today I hear the state is thinking about getting into the medical marijuana growing business. There are critics of this plan, as you might expect. What are they saying? Why, they say growing that much pot will take a lot more work and money than the state thinks...

Only in Oregon. 😀

wadeintothem

SethPDX wrote
Well, the meth labs are more on the outskirts of Portland.

And today I hear the state is thinking about getting into the medical marijuana growing business. There are critics of this plan, as you might expect. What are they saying? Why, they say growing that much pot will take a lot more work and money than the state thinks...

Only in Oregon. 😃

Well its only token illegal in CA. With 11361.5 hs in effect, its much worse to get a speeding ticket here than be busted with less than an oz..and with the ease of getting a fake scrip for it - they might as well completely legalize it and tax it.

And thats coming from someone who voted no on even medical marijuana (I lost - and to me medical pot is and remains an obvious hoax). But its just an idiotic joke to pretend its even illegal anymore. Ca is talking about doing just that, full legalization and taxing -- so many more zombie idiots wandering around I would imagine.

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