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Post by cball1985 on Aug 9, 2011 22:52:17 GMT -5
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Post by cball1985 on Aug 10, 2011 22:35:53 GMT -5
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Post by zcr57 on Aug 10, 2011 23:19:48 GMT -5
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Post by zcr57 on Aug 11, 2011 6:43:20 GMT -5
The league's #1 prospect is already throwing temper tantrums in the minors: es.pn/pRFmfh
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2011 11:58:32 GMT -5
NFL White hat umpires never miss calls rule 9:02A
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Post by JugglingReferee on Aug 11, 2011 12:25:03 GMT -5
The Jays only came out to the field because a guy in white told them to.
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Post by cball1985 on Aug 11, 2011 17:14:19 GMT -5
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Post by nyasablue on Aug 11, 2011 19:09:21 GMT -5
There is no way at all to tell - from the angles provided to say for sure whether Pujols got that foot on the bag - every shot is from in FRONT of the bag. Gibson had a good angle on that play, and there is no shot from that angle. A perfect example of why IR in baseball would not work - unless EVERY game is covered like the games on Fox/ESPN, and SOME of the local channels/networks are (YES covers the Yankee home games as well as any network). And ya want to know something? Even looking at that angle on the second shot, it looks like Pujols might have gotten his toe down behind the bag....
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Post by davegabike on Aug 12, 2011 14:08:43 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 12, 2011 15:45:52 GMT -5
The best punch out I ever saw was Bruce Froemming. Fling his right arm out to the side. Punch his left arm across his body to the right, whip is right arm back, and kick up a leg. I thought about adopting this mechanic for softball, but a) were's taught to keep out eyes out to the field, and b) I felt a little silly going through this elaborate mechanic to call out a 16-year-old girl in front of 25 people.
So, my strike three mechanic is more like Dana Demuth: Shoot my right hand into the air while in the crouch, stand up, and hammer a fist.
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Post by cj on Aug 12, 2011 15:54:59 GMT -5
My favorites when I was much younger were FrAnk Secory and Chris Pelekoudas. They did nothing different on strike 3 than they did on strikes 1 & 2. Nice and calm so as not to antagonize anybody unnecessarilhy. Pelekoudas was noted for how long it took him to signal a strike. The pitch is thrown, the catcher has already returned the ball towards the pitcher before he makes his strike callPersonally, I never cared for historonics. Make the call and walk away.
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Post by nyasablue on Aug 12, 2011 16:57:59 GMT -5
The best punch out I ever saw was Bruce Froemming. Fling his right arm out to the side. Punch his left arm across his body to the right, whip is right arm back, and kick up a leg. I thought about adopting this mechanic for softball, but a) were's taught to keep out eyes out to the field, and b) I felt a little silly going through this elaborate mechanic to call out a 16-year-old girl in front of 25 people. So, my strike three mechanic is more like Dana Demuth: Shoot my right hand into the air while in the crouch, stand up, and hammer a fist. Since my plate stance is the NCAA/ASA mechanic where my right foot is at the point of HP, and wide so I am down and looking across the plate to start, I just take a quarter to half step back with my left foot, then pound my right fist across my body, pulling my left fist back to me - especially with a right handed batter. With a lefty, I tend to take a slightly bigger step to the left - especially if the P hit that outside corner. Question Fred: Do you actually say the word 'strike' any more? for called strikes AND outs, I tend to just go HEH or something anymore. I say 'safe', and I say 'ball', but the others have gotten garbled over the years ;D And sometimes for called 3rd strikes it comes out, 'RHEE!'
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Post by nyasablue on Aug 12, 2011 17:06:15 GMT -5
My favorites when I was much younger were FrAnk Secory and Chris Pelekoudas. They did nothing different on strike 3 than they did on strikes 1 & 2. Nice and calm so as not to antagonize anybody unnecessarilhy. Pelekoudas was noted for how long it took him to signal a strike. The pitch is thrown, the catcher has already returned the ball towards the pitcher before he makes his strike callPersonally, I never cared for historonics. Make the call and walk away. There has to be a real appreciation for the art of guys like Hallion and the great Dutch Rennart though....
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Post by FredFan7 on Aug 12, 2011 18:12:43 GMT -5
For strike one and two I stole Froemming's "STRRIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!" For a called third strike I just bark a short and hard "THREE" although it sounds like "HREE!" I call a short and clipped "ball", although it usually sounds like "BUH!"
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Post by fan on Aug 12, 2011 22:04:44 GMT -5
cj: Not a bad idea, the players get a bit of a blow, the umps should get it too. I remember working a state softball final in the heat and humidity not quite as brutal as it's been this year, but they brought out water and ice, and a towel every half inning. Does anyone watch over the umps at all in this heat? Maybe someone has seen what they do. What do they do? I'm a season ticket holder for a local college team, and when the weather heats up, the trainers always bring out water and towels for the umps between every inning. So, I'm sure that at the MLB level, they are even more cautious.
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