I'd like to hear from umpires. How much does a catcher's framing abilities influence your calls for balls and strikes?
Tks
Comp wrote:If the catcher is moving the glove they are doing nothing but telling the umpire it wasn't a strike.
rpkell41 wrote:I'd like to hear from umpires. How much does a catcher's framing abilities influence your calls for balls and strikes?
Tks
jonriv wrote:Good framing is subtle and an art. It should be barely noticeable and in my experience very effective in influencing close calls
jonriv wrote:As mentioned there are those catchers that are obvious in how they pull the ball back or how they move the glove. Oddly, most of the time that you can notice "framing" it is not good framing. A skilled catcher can position their glove in a way that can help in getting a favorable call on a close pitch. The positiong is usually prior to receiving the ball. Have had coaches suggest an ever so slight turn in of the glove. You see it all the time in MLB.
I want to see how much you really know about it. You're still short on some details. How should they position their glove and why? FWIW, I saw a couple different styles in the Big Ten Tourney.
UMPS (believe it or not) are human and therefore can be subtley influenced.
Yeah, like someone once said - "Umps are people too."
PDad you feel framing is a myth?