Repositioning the home plate umpire to provide enhanced perceptual cues and more accurate ball-strike judgments
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ABSTRACT:
In an attempt to determine the optimal perceptual perspective for making accurate ball-strike judgments, the home plate umpiring position used currently in professional baseball was compared with four alternative perspectives in a set of four independent experiments. The alternative perspectives were each higher and farther from the center of home plate, placements suggested by the results of our previous research (Ford, Goodwin, & Richardson, 1996). In each study, 30 nonumpires called videotaped pitches from the current home plate umpiring perspective and one of the four alternative perspectives. As expected, results indicated that the positions behind the outside corner, farther from the batter, yielded significantly more accurate calls because of additional height and distance cues provided when umpires see pitches pass in front of the batter. The implications of outside positions for the training and safety of umpires (e.g., protective equipment needs) are also discussed.
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