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can i infer/mind read, that the above means that when the Yankee pitchers throw that pitch he wants it called a strike to force the other teams batter to challenge the pitch and not his catcher. he is shrewd on both sides of the coin, and wants everything his way especially with trying to bully/pick on the call up umpires into getting his way. really class act that guy.

another one 14u i believe, and a person in authority. didn't we have a small town mayor take advantage of his position a couple of years ago. https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/mississippi-sheriffs-deputy-fired-viral-field-fight-baseball-umpire-14u-game?msockid=0003257e49e460eb1c70322a48966167

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/05/08/college-football-playoff-cfp-afca-coaches-favor-24-teams/89976671007/?tbref=hp

so, is this a case book play in the MLBU manual for this year, to tell the umpires how to handle this type of situation. what if it goes to backstop and as ump and catcher turn around with ball, the pitcher taps in time. did they bring up these type plays during discussions and decide tough luck. do they not have the guys who are better than others at bringing up some not thought of consequences, weird, off the wall, maybe dream, plays or do would they bully, snear, role their eyes, shun, blackball that person that might bring up this type play so nobody says anything. or do/did it get brought up and it is just tough luck, that's my story and i'm sticking to it. this below is how we want it handled. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/don-t-umpire-mlb-umpire-212330646.html

gee, i thought intent (mind reading on intent) was only with pitcher intentionally (mind reading on intent) throwing at a batter. you mean we got 2 mind reading situations now. can i assume there are more where we have to mind read and get yelled at, no matter if we decide intent or no intent. when do we ever get to win 110% on mind reading calls.

Full ABS and problem solved, including lost time for the ejection. or go yell/scream at your teammates, that lost your chance for you, rather than be chicken poop and take it out on the ump.

i believe?????i read somewhere where the sweetspot for hitting was a yearly average of 260 ( i really think it was 257). so they lowered the high pitch from 55 to 53.5%. just like when bob gibson had the 1.12 era and they lowered the mound, they are tinkering to get back to that 257-260. it has been in the 240s the last couple of years so ABS can be used as a sweet spot to get those averages up and not have to get into a situation of messing with the mound at all. remember in the atlantic league they moved the pitching plate back 6 inches (maybe only 2 or 4) for a month or so, but i do not know if they were happy with the result. so, to not mess with the field, ABS allows technical tightening or loosening (tball-put it where you want it and then still cry when you make an out) of the zone. the in out is pretty much set in stone, and of course you could try the very front of the plate or back of the plate (back may be hard to get due to the catcher) but up and down is the way to sqeeze or unsqueeze the zone to get the averages where you want them and hopefully either how "much action" or how little action you want in a game. hey maybe it will be top of the knees (which will have a different number than the 27% it is now), and the belt again which would be even lower than the 53.5 now. its all in the action or no action point they want to get too, to get FIS ie (Fannies In Seats) but not go hog wild either.

https://www.totalprosports.com/ncaa/college-baseball-umpire-knocked-out-cold-baseball-head-video/

this is just through April, but i really thought the catchers would be in the 90-96% range easily, and at the very lowest an 85%, with the "best seat in the house but you have to squat" situation, but, i expect by the end of the season they will be tearing it up with a 90-96 or at the lowest 85%. https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/walks-and-game-time-up-pitches-in-strike-zone-down-through-first-full-month-of-mlbs-robot-umpires

@wolf_man just a little chart of umpires working mlb games having to leave games for various reasons. and even another topic on this site, UE, about conduct getting worse. some umpires left games because of all the crappola during the game they were getting back in the day. https://www.retrosheet.org/umpgmchg.htm and not many remember and articles are hard to find with Greg Bonin getting hit by San Frans Chalie Hayes in 1999 like the umpire in Japan in 1999. see health area of article below. that Charley Lau follow through, if it was one of his follow throughs, leads to those hits in the head/helmet. Maybe Joe Brinkmans stance way behind the catcher was not so dumbdumb after all. https://grokipedia.com/page/greg_bonin

still in a coma https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/troubling-japanese-umpire-being-hit-122207551.html

batter is already at the 45, i think was a little to short. with tim mccleland the BR was already taking his lead at first before the strike call.

watch the whole video. nice in home visuals. just like a pitch. it is not from where the middle of the ball makes an imprint/dot on the ground. ball is spherical and should be called a strike if a pitch on either side of the plate just like ABS is showing. same with the ball here on the ground with the line being the edge of the plate, and the angle you get (parallax). now if the wording is different in OBS than in the casebook MLBU manual, they need to fix the wording to match. whats new.

but what happens when you do the same with academics and lawschool but cannot pass the bar exam and washout or the same with med school or rocket science. no guarantees for anything. but one thing is certain, just like the lottery. you absolutely cannot win if you do not enter to start with.

muchlinski 6 in a row and 7 out of 9 overturns yesterday. bacon 8 in a row and 8 out of 9 overturned. gonna happen krupa 1st HP ever, 3 for 3 confirmed. gonna happen

@madmax will be better and probably have more detail with pictures but here is something to start with @mac266. https://fullpdfword.org/look-up/mL6E65/603299/5019765-nfhs-baseball-4-man-umpire-mechanics

quality of life issues start to come into play at some point like with Knight and Tschida, and Lindros back in his hockey days to personally call it a day. otherwise until the medical doctors will not sign off at that big pre season meeting in Phoenix or where ever it is held now, that includes any medical situation before the seasons medical exam, or not sign off on a new, in season injury, the umpires can come back. would assume most in season situations would look like Knights from last year. https://www.montanasports.com/sports/baseball/injury-forced-his-retirement-but-helenas-brian-knight-lucky-and-blessed-for-mlb-umpiring-career https://www.twincities.com/2013/06/02/former-umpire-tim-tschida-having-a-ball-as-prep-assistant-coach/ And so when are we going to talk about the two ahead of Bucknor for 2025 ball strike percentage which drives the cadillac, 1. Bruce Dreckman and 2. Laz Diaz and then 3. Bucknor, 4, Andy Fletcher, 5. Ron Kulpa. Don't let them off the hook. And how about a game this week in which Hoye had the supernatural hat trick of 3 ABS overturns in 1 inning. https://athlonsports.com/mlb/final-grades-are-in-here-are-the-5-worst-mlb-umpires-for-2025 and more than 1 umpire has had a sub 90% for 2 of their first 5 plates so far.

plate work = get to drive the Cadillac. https://medium.com/sabr-tooth-tigers/what-does-the-college-baseball-strike-zone-look-like-7918ba88efaa

early stats. remember MLBU requested and it was denied full ABS. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/the-mlb-umpires-getting-the-most-exposed-by-abs-in-its-first-month/ar-AA21mEyb?ocid=BingNewsSerp

check under rules section post by jo8

scroll and read the first 2 NPL articles about the incident. apparently it has taken this recent charley lau back swing incident to wake Japan up on cranial equipment issues. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/scary-scenes-erupt-umpire-struck-171921803.html

neat thought. i would think, (i try not to and cannot anyway) hope that with the knowledge over the years of C2 to C5 injuries, L5-L6 injuries, and head and concussion injuries (much like (Eric Lindros syndrome), that the years of injury/equipment verbal bullying over types of protective equipment choices are over. But, you never know. Maybe the ones left that do so, are the guys who have never wear/worn a cup (and there may have been sissyfication over the (new banana type cups) in the day or steal (or more up to date materials) toe plate shoes in their life. now, for that red ball bag (only seen that once at a little league field) choice to wear or not wear and possible verbal bullying, sissyfication, wuss, the look, etc, or at least a ribbing for it, i have no idea. And for that ribbing of, in the American League they do this mechanic, ie straddle the foul line, but in the Big Leagues we do this mechanic, ie both feet in foul, you would think the merger of the 2 Leagues took care of that verbal exchange 25 1/2 roughly years ago. Personally, i would say that the clicker/indicator that doesn't click look, ie rubber band look to keep the count passes muster from the hardliners, home owners association types, etc., maybe Wegner should try it, (how come no one busted on him for missing the count the other week), then the helmet on the bases look should easily fly.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mlb-umpire-brock-ballou-violently-punched-head-robbery-assault-philadelphia?msockid=276adf3d485e67a117bbc80349416673

always working an angle - whether on the field or off and always "planting that seed" - and "expecting" a "return, i.e. ROI" . the ghost of - officer do you know who i/we am/are. ah the fame/fortune/and adulation and money talks people walk, of being a Yankee. and didn't we all (or mostly all) want to get drafted by them or play for them, even though, just getting drafted, period was the goal. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/19/sports/steinbrenner-fined-50000-for-remark-about-umpiring.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-12-sp-56080-story.ht https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/28/The-incident-began-with-Oakland-pitcher-Mike-Norris-whizzing/9186422942400/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boss-fined-for-game-2-remarks/

see above. but never sell it, unless Ted Barrett asks to buy it, if he by chance ever gave away or sold his, and now has give away or sellers remorse.