Pet Peeves

players pre game warming up with their feet on the foul line...by the way i called 98 of every 100 pitches!

 

Agree, 100% ... with one caviat - why not teach your "pitcher" to call a game. Catchers put down signs as suggestions, but I would always want my pitcher to have the final word...and with that, accountability.

At the college level, especially in conference games when you have developed a "book" on most hitters, it's a little more understandable for coaches to become involved, because they may be positioning defense according to how they're gonna pitch a kid. Still, if done correctly, this can be done in pre-game meetings.

Still...personally I think most coaches call pitches because it's fun for them and makes them feel like they are part of the game. And it is fun ... just counter-productive, imho.

 

Nail on the head....

 

We had an umpire last night that took forever to call whether the pitch was a ball or a strike. There was about 6 times that the count was 3 balls, 0 or 1 strike & the pitch was delivered. Umpire doesn't make the call. Batters throw down their bat & start toward 1st. About 12-14 feet up the line the umpire decides to make the strike call. Very, very, slow-motion decision-making.

 

I've talked to Stretchy about this, but with his infected eye, he said it's hard to see the pitch, so he flips the coin...sometimes that takes some time.

 

The Flash

No, wasn't Stretchy! Stretchy's "The Flash" compared to this guy.

 

Houston.......we have a problem

I can't help but wonder how Mitchell became such a great ballplayer and how Karl knows so much about NC baseball teams, if he spent all his time growing up playing with his rocket.................very interesting!!!

 

It was those cool, gold boots that I got to wear!

 

Now thats a good idea.

I just guess. "Was it a ball or a strike? Where they out or safe?" From now on I'll just flip for it. Will slow the game down a bit but oh well.

Nah. I will just call it as I see it.