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Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett
If they're consistent with their zone though-out the game I have no issues. It has to be difficult at the major league level wearing a mask, squatting behind a catcher that constantly moves about, calling balls and strikes. Fastballs at 90+ mph with movement and breaking pitches that fall off the table. I think the umpires do okay considering.
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I don't buy this. They've had to work their way up the system. If they can't handle squatting, the system would weed them out long before they get the callup to The Show. And they aren't the ones who have to hit those pitches, or catch them. But my personal pet peeve is umpires who make their calls strictly if the throw beats the runner, because they are too lazy to get into proper position to see if the tag was applied.
