Whaddaya Do?

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

I'm glad you have a name for your adopted mechanics. Otherwise, I might have confused them with what was considered simply lazy and inefficient umpiring since the 70's.

I was thinking very much along the same lines. Man, imagine showing up and working a national in this guys area and you have a play like this and you think "OMG my BU spontaneously combusted, where the heck is he!" In a panic you search the field, fearing for your partners safety, thinking of his children.. and low and behold, you spot him. Hes over in B having a soda watching R3@1B while real plays are going on.

So between innings you ask "hey uh, wtf were you doing chilling out in B on this play" .. "Oh this is modern mechanics".

Jeez.