Review with an explanation?

[Kevin_K]

I saw this today:

MLB Crew Chiefs to Wear PA Microphones, Starting in 2022

[agdz59]

Not a bad idea.  Maybe it will put a kabosh on broadcaster speculations that are almost always incorrect.

[StatsUmp]

I believe @Gilhas been saying in his ejection videos that this would be a big help. It looks like we'll get to see how this works out.

[UMP45]

4 hours ago, Kevin_K said:

I saw this today:

MLB Crew Chiefs to Wear PA Microphones, Starting in 2022

Waste of time.

[MadMax]

6 hours ago, agdz59 said:

Maybe it will put a kabosh on broadcaster speculations that are almost always incorrect.

Not a bad idea. 

A better idea would be to employ former professional umpires (or, perhaps, collegiate umpires). Broadcasters wouldn't be speculating then. 

[Kevin_K]

20 hours ago, UMP45 said:

Waste of time.

Do you mean reading the article or providing microphones to crew chiefs?

[UMP45]

42 minutes ago, Kevin_K said:

Do you mean reading the article or providing microphones to crew chiefs?

Providing microphones. The only people who would understand the explanations is other umpires.

[dumbdumb]

22 hours ago, MadMax said:

A better idea would be to employ former professional umpires (or, perhaps, collegiate umpires). Broadcasters wouldn't be speculating then. 

this was done in 1980-81 with Merle Harmon and Ron Luciano on NBC, but it is hard to find one of them, if any on you tube.

and of course with MLB being way behind the times, the japanese league has made the umpires announce decisions for a long time and i believe that one on CCS showed the umpire with a mic in that KBO post on CCS

yo, what was that HPU rig being used in the KBO game. think is was some type of Wilson.

why don't they just use the masks the catchers use if they are more protective (and if a backwards wearing helmet is used by catchers, then use a backwards wearing helmet) be darned the official umpires masks out there, unless you want a commercial of your brains on the official umpire rigs, versus the old frying pan for your brains on drugs.