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Senior Umpire Mechanics Issue
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Guest MechaMan
Recently shelled out the cash for all this new official umpire equipment so I've been lurking the forums in an attempt to take my officiating more seriously. I've been watching a bunch of videos on 2 man mechanics and rules interpretations, so it really surprised me to here this from the senior umpire I have worked with and got along so well with for 100+ games over the past year. Note that this is a relatively experienced umpire, 10+ years experience with multiple high school playoff and championship games under his belt. Again, we have had many games together and have a good understanding of each other's shortcomings on the field (for example my lack of rotation to third or watching or tag-ups due to weak mechanics) Last weekend during pregame for a game in which I would be PU and excited to apply my new mechanics , I started asking him about my responsibilities and rotations from behind the plate.
What surprised me was when we discussed fly balls, particularly with runners on. He explicitly told me that with less than 2 outs, PU has ALL fly balls to the outfield. Then with 2 outs, he basically explained the V/cone mechanic where I have all fly balls that carry the left and right fielders towards the foul lines, but again ONLY with two outs. As a result, tag-up responsibilities are completely different from what I have seen and faintly remember from some little league umpire clinic years ago. I believe it was something like I rotate up the third baseline to get an angle on the catch/ no catch and seeing the 3rd base tag up, while he would take the tag-ups on 1st and second.
It seems like all the two-man mechanic material from the past 5-10 years utilizes the "V/Cone" so it really surprised me to see his borderline disgusted reaction to the idea of the base umpire calling fly balls. Now using his system wouldn't be the biggest issue in the world to switch to considering I never systematically approached tag-ups or using the V in the first place, it just concerns me because I know I would like to start umpiring more seriously, and am set to join and train with a highschool association over the summer, more than likely using the V mechanic. I was just wondering if any of you on the site utilize these catch/no catch responsibilities or where this may have originated from.
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