re: How can someone be a college baseball umpire?

He needs Lasik or some bifocals

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Yeah he was bad but I'll say the hardest part (by far) of the strike zone to call is the lower limit. The line changes for every batter, you have to call it where it first crosses the plate when some breaking balls are diving so the catcher catches it much lower than where it crossed the plate. And the main reason it's hard is you can't get your eye level down to get a good look at it. It requires an umps perception of where the ball was

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Having been both a catcher and an umpire at times, pitchers can throw pitches that not only fool the batter, but also the ump (and sometimes their own catcher). I caught guys who pitched professionally, and they had some nasty stuff. For me the most difficult to catch and call was a really good change-up.

Scary part is if they're getting SEC assignments, they are the best of the best.

Abysmal strike zone last night

SEC should be embarassed