Is how good of a performance they put into signaling an out.
There's nothing worse than seeing a tag out at home after the right fielder launches the ball from the warning track only to see the umpire give a lazy fist up. The ump needs to call the out with a performance commensurate with the play on the field. He has to first hesitate, like he's thinking to himself how 17ing awesome that play was and he's the one person in the universe who will get to signal the out. Then there's the wind up. If it's a quality out, there has to be leg or hip movement. Finally, the delivery. The crowd needs to be anticipating it and then boom! Punch the air like you're reaching back through time to kill baby Hitler.
At the same time, it's a bit embarrassing when they punch like Mike Tyson when a batter below the Mendoza line swings at a dirt ball or looks at a lazy fastball down Broadway for strike three. Go with the simple fist up.
There's nothing worse than seeing a tag out at home after the right fielder launches the ball from the warning track only to see the umpire give a lazy fist up. The ump needs to call the out with a performance commensurate with the play on the field. He has to first hesitate, like he's thinking to himself how 17ing awesome that play was and he's the one person in the universe who will get to signal the out. Then there's the wind up. If it's a quality out, there has to be leg or hip movement. Finally, the delivery. The crowd needs to be anticipating it and then boom! Punch the air like you're reaching back through time to kill baby Hitler.
At the same time, it's a bit embarrassing when they punch like Mike Tyson when a batter below the Mendoza line swings at a dirt ball or looks at a lazy fastball down Broadway for strike three. Go with the simple fist up.
