quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by WinBuc44:
Pretty hard to see where the ball hits the zone from the camera's perspective. Same in a major league game. Interesting when they superimpose the zone box and what looked like a strike to the viewer was actually a ball when it crossed the plate. And I don't believe that paying guys comes close to getting umpires to do it for the honor of the experience. Are there mistakes made, far and few between, but overall they are calling a pretty good series. I've seen worse in college and especially in HS.
Thank God you aren't an umpire evaluator. Far and few between? In some games, every inning. Balls bouncing before being gloved by the catcher being called strikes...see that much in the CWS?
Base umpires making calls that belong to other umpires AND getting them wrong...
Horrible mechanics by Plate Umpires...stances that won't allow views of outside or low pitches...PU's calling the pitch before it hits the glove.
This is one of the worst years in LLWS umpiring since 2005. And it's a shame. It had been getting better.
Jimmy...Probably won't hurt LL or anyone else's feelings if you watched another channel. As for me, I've been watching some pretty good 12 year old baseball. Sorry it's not up to MLB or CWS or your standards but good baseball non the less.