Gerry Davis still not good ASA/USA

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by scrounge

you get micromanaged to this degree?!? uh.....ok

Things are weird all over...

Scrounge, I'm sure that you are familiar with the Central Ohio Baseball Umpires Association.

Back around 2004 I had started using the Gerry Davis stance. About that same time I was scheduled for an on-field evaluation by one of the senior umpires for that group (who I believe is still with the group).

On my evaluation I was dinged for "putting my hands on my knees" and told that a plate umpire should NEVER do that. I was using the stance exactly as it's described, working a little bit higher and a little bit farther back and I got dinged for "being too high and too far back" too.

We can get goofy advice from a variety of sources!