Australia vs. USA

[ronald]

Originally Posted by kcg NC2Ablu

I disagree BIG time with that statement abou Kathy.

I can see your point.

My statement is based on the finals which is probably not a good idea as many of the regionals and supers were populated with elite and ISF umpires. Four of the six in the finals were elite and ISF and of these, only one IMO did not call in the ocean strikes. He went to the Men's World Championship this year. Katrina K from what I recall, was using college mechanics and in the ocean strikes in the first two innings of the KFC cup. She changed that in the third inning and did a much better job. She heard the fans and made an adjustment.

The umpires that did the college finals did not do a good job as a group. Two stood out for their ability not to call in the ocean strikes. The rest went there way too much.

Originally Posted by kcg NC2Ablu

The guy on the dish also looked like white hammerd dog crap and he screwed the pooch on that play at home

He sure did and on the strike call but his strike zone was a lot better than many of the umpires I saw on TV during the college tournament. The ball had to be on the plate.

What is this white hammerd dog crap? Other than putting his hands on his knees, he used heel toe, ear on the inside corner, ISF/elite hammer, real strikes from what I saw.

I did not see any camera looks from befuddled coaches about umpires strike zone like we saw in the w college world series or pitchers laughing about generous strikes or wondering why their in the river or ocean pitch was not a strike. I'd say somebody told them that this is the real deal and most of the time your pitch has to hit the plate to get a strike (assumes low and high ok).