UTenn @ LSU - Talking heads

[derwil]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

BTW, just noticed U1 make a routine out call with the left hand ....

I asked their supervisor about the left hand call last week. Apparently the NCAA manual does not specify which hand to use in the field, only that the hand is extended in an upward fashion. She said the umpire in question is left handed and chosed to signal fiels outs with his left hand. She said that behind the plate is specified as right hand outs/strikes.

Again - NCAA only.

[BretMan]

I watched only a few minutes of the game and the left-handed out calls jumped out at me. It's been a few years since I've read the NCAA umpire manual (since they quit offering it on-line) but remember it used to say that signalling outs with the left hand was acceptcable.

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Originally Posted by derwil

I asked their supervisor about the left hand call last week. Apparently the NCAA manual does not specify which hand to use in the field, only that the hand is extended in an upward fashion. She said the umpire in question is left handed and chosed to signal fiels outs with his left hand. She said that behind the plate is specified as right hand outs/strikes.

Again - NCAA only.

An ASA National clinic I attended allowed for left handed overhand out calls.

Joel